GLOSSARY. 



REVOLUTE, rolled backward. 



RACHIS, the main stem in a spike, etc. 



EOOTSTOCK, an underground stem. 



ROTATE, wheel-shaped. 



RUNCINATE, teeth pointing backward. 



SAGITTATE, like an arrow-head. 



SALVER-SHAPED, tubular, the border spread- 

 ing at right angles to the tube. 



SCAPE, a flower-stalk rising from the ground 



-i or near it. 



SCORPIOID, coiled round like a scorpion. 



SECUND, all turned to one side. 



SERRATE, with teeth like a saw. 



SETACEOUS, like a bristle. 



SPATULATE, like a druggist's spatula. 



SPIKE, a long inflorescenceof sessile flowers. 



STELLATE, star-shaped. 



STIGMA, the part of a pistil which receives 

 the pollen. 



STIPE, the stalk of an ovary. 



STIPEL, the stipule of a leaflet. 



STIPELLATE, having stipels. 



STIPITATE, having a stipe. 



STIPULE, appendage on each side at the 



base of a leaf. 



STRICT, very straight or close or upright. 

 STRIGOSE, clothed with close-pressed stout 



sharp hairs or scale-like bristles. 

 STYLE, the slender part of a pistil. 

 SUBULATE, tapering to a sharp rigid point. 

 SUFFRUTESCENT, or suffruticose, shrubby at 



the base. 



TERETE, cylindrical, long and round. 

 TERMINAL, at the end or summit. 

 THYRSE, a thick panicle (Lilac blossoms). 

 TOMENTOSE, clothed with a close and mat- 

 ted down. 



TORULOSE, swollen at intervals. 

 TRUNCATE, as if cut off at the end. 



UMBEL, umbrella-like inflorescence. 



VERTICILLATE, whorled, forming 



around the stem. 

 VILLOUS, with long soft hairs. 

 VISCID, sticky. 



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