WILD FLOWERS 



GLOSSARY 



Radiate. — Spreading from or ar- 

 ranged around a common cen- 

 tre. Bearing ray flowers. 



Ray. — The outer florets of a Daisy- 

 like flower. 



Recurved. — Curved downward or 

 backward. 



Refexed. — Sharply bent or curved 

 downward. 



Rib. — The prominent vein of a leaf. 



Root. — The underground part of 

 a plant supplying nourishment. 



Rootstock. — A creeping, horizontal, 

 underground stem rooting at 

 the joints, and becoming erect 

 at the apex. 



Runner. — A very slender stolen. 



Scape. — A leafless, or nearly leaf- 

 less flower stalk rising from the 

 ground. 



Saprophyte. — A plant which grows 

 on dead organic matter. 



Secund. — Borne along one side of a 

 stem. 



Segment. — One of the parts of a 

 leaf or other like organ that is 

 cleft or divided. 



Sepal. — A division of the Calyx. 



Sheath. — A tubular covering, as the 

 lower part of the leaves in 

 grasses. 



Spadix. — A fleshy spike enveloped 

 by a spathe as in the Cala Lily 

 and Jack-in-the-Pulpit. 



Spathe. — A large, leaflike bract 

 or pair of bracts enclosing a 

 flower or spadix. 



Spike. — An elongated, closely set 

 flower-cluster. 



Spur. — A hollow, sac-like or tubu- 

 lar extension of some part of a 

 blossom, usually nectar-bear- 

 ing. 



Stalk. — Herein used to designate 

 the main ascending part of 

 a plant. 



Stamen. — One of the pollen-bear- 

 ing organs of a flower. 



Staminate. — Flowers which bear 

 stamens but no pistils. Male 

 flowers. 



Stem. — Herein used to designate 

 the connecting parts between 

 the stalk and the leaves and 

 flowers. 



Sterile. — Unproductive, as a flower 

 without a pistil, or stamen 

 without an anther. 



Stigma. — The tip or side of a pistil 

 through which the pollen is 

 received, by means of tiny 

 tubes which penetrate the style 

 and convey the minute grains 

 to fertilize the seeds within 

 the ovary. 



Stipule. — A tiny leaflet borne at 

 the base of a petiole. 



Stolen. — A basal runner or root- 

 ing branch. 



Style. — The usually slender part 

 of a pistil connecting the stigma 

 and the ovary. 



Terminal. — Borne at the summit 

 of the stem. 



Tuber. — A short and thick under- 

 ground branch having many 

 eyes like a potato. 



Tufted. — Growing in clusters or 

 clumps. 



Umbel. — A terminal, floral arrange- 

 ment in which the stems of a 

 cluster spring from the same 

 point like the ribs of an um- 

 brella. 



Veins. — The finer, threadlike 

 branchiag parts in the fibre or 

 tissue in a leaf or other organ. 



Venation. — The arrangement of 

 the veins. 



Whorl. — An arrangement of leaves 

 in a circle around the stem. 



Winged. — Having a thin expan- 

 sion or extension on either side 

 of the stem. 



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