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HEPATIC J^. 



Quadrate, square. 

 QuADRiFiD, cut into four segments. 

 Quadripartite, cloven almost to the 

 very base into fours. 



Radicles, small rooting fibres. 



Radiculose, with small rootlets. 



Recurved, curved back. 



Reflexed, suddenly bent back. 



Regular, symmetrical. 



Repand, slightly sinuoua. 



Reticulate, having the appearance of 

 network. 



Retuse, round at the end. 



Revolute, rolled back. 



Rhizome, a creeping subterranean stem. 



RosuLATE, arranged like a rosette. 



Rotund, round. 



Rotund ATE, roundish. 



Roundish, approaching a round form, 

 or merely rounded off at the ex- 

 tremities, 



RuEESCENT, reddish-brown. 



Rupturing, irregularly bursting. 



Scabrous, rough with minute warts. 



ScABRULOUS, slightly scabrous. 



ScARiosE, dry, thin, and semi-trans- 

 parent. 



Secund, turned to one side. 



Segment, one of the subdivisions of 

 any part or organ. 



Semiamplexicaul, half clasping the 

 stem. 



Septate, having partitions. 



Serrate, with sharp straight-edged 

 teeth pointing forward. 



Serrulate, with small serrations. 



Sessile, without evident pedicle. 



Sinuate, having the margin with alter- 

 nate concavities and convexities. 



Sinus, the re-entering angle or depres- 

 sion between two projections or 

 prominences. 



Spicate, where the male flowers are 

 disposed in a spike. 



Spike, an inflorescence of male flowers 

 on a stem or branch. 



Spinulose, with minute prickles. 



Sporangium, the sac holding the spores. 



Spores, seeds. 



Sporogonium, the capsule. 



Squamose, scaly. 



Squarrose, spreading out at right 

 angles. 



Stellate, radiating like a star. 



Stipules, a foliaceous appendage on the 

 postical side of stem or branch. 



Stipitate, attached to a stipe or foot- 

 stalk. 



Stoloniferous, producing stolons. 



Stolons, horizontal or descending shoots 

 from the base of stem with minute 



Stomata, air-pores in the epidermis of 



leaves. 

 Striate, marked with striee or slight 



furrows. 

 Sub — , in composition somewhat, as 



subacute, rather pointed. 

 Subulate, awl-shaped ; Widely-subu- 

 late, narrowly triangular. 

 SuccuBous, base with the lowest angle 



on the upper side of the stem, 

 SuLCATE, furrowed, with longitudinal 



channel. 

 Suture, line of junction of two parts. 

 Synoicous, antheridia and pistillidia in 



one inflorescence. 



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I Terete, cylindric and tapering. 

 Transverse, in a plane perpendicular 

 to the axis, or longitudinal direc- 

 tion. 

 Tridentate, having three toothlike 



divisions. 

 Trifarious, ranged in three rows. 

 Trifid, three cleft midway to the base. 



