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GLOSSARY AND IXDKX. 



Piriform : pear-shaped. 

 Pyroletc, or Pyrolaccm, 440. 

 Pytidate; furnished with a lid, like a 

 Pijxidium, or pi/xis: a pod openina by a 

 lid; 317,' fig. 575, 588, 950,'&c. 



Quadrdnanhr : four-angled. 



Quadri-, in Latin compounds : four. 



Qiiadrifin ions : in four vertical ranks. 



Quadri fid : four-cleft. 



Quadri [foliate : four-leaved. 



Qiiadrifoholate : of four leaflets. 



Qiadrijut/ate : four-paired. 



Quadripartite : four-parted. 



Quandang-nuts, 460. 



Quassia, 405. 



Qiate'i nary : consisting; of four, 239. 



Quaternary products, 53, 57, 19G. 



Qiate'nrite: in fours. 



Quercitron, Qucrcinc, 476. 



Qutii-, in Latin compounds : five in 



number 

 Quinaii/: consisting of five, 234, 239. 

 Q'dnate : in fives. 

 Quince, 416. 

 Quincuncial : five-ranked ; in a quincunx, 



135, 270 

 Quinine. Quinia, 57, 431. 

 Quniqucfai ious : five-ranked. 

 Qiiinquvfbliatp. : fi vc-lcavcd. 

 Qiinquefdliolate: of five leaflets. 

 Qianqueldcnlar : five-celled. 

 Quinquina Bark, 433. 

 Quintuple : dividing into five parts. 

 Qiiintiiplp-i ibbed, or 

 Quinlupli-nerocd, 156. 



Race: a varietv pcrpetuablc by seed. 

 356. 



Raceme: an indefinite inflorescence with 

 single pedicelled flowers arranged 

 along a prolonged axis; 211, fig. 

 307. 



Racemiferous : bearing racemes. 



Racemiform: resembling a raceme 



Racemose: bcaiing or resembling ra- 

 cemes. 



Rachis : see Rhachis. , 



Radial: belonging to the border or ray 



Radiate, radiant : spreading from or 

 arranged around a centre ; having 

 rays 



Rddiated-veined, 156. 



Radical: relating to the root (radix). 



Radical leaves : those apparently spring- 

 ing from the root, 143. 



Rddiranl: looting. 



Radicel: a diminutive root or rootlet. 



Radici/loious: flowering from the root, 

 or apparently so. 



Radiaform: appearing like a root. 



Radicle : a dinrinuth e root ; tiro part of 



an embryo below the cotyledons, 

 71, 324. 

 Radii : rays. 

 Ruffleskieccc, 461. 

 Ramal, or ramcul : relating to branches, 



143. 

 Rame'nta, raments: thin chaffy scales in 



place of hairs. 

 Rameiitdceous : bearing raments, as the 



stalks of many Ferns. 

 Ramification, 97. 



Rdm'/lorotis : flowering on the branches. 

 Ramose: bearing branches (iami) ; 



branchy. 

 Rdmitlosc: bearing many branchlcts 



(idmuli). 

 RanimculacesB, 380. 

 Raphe: sec Rhaphc. 

 [{aphides : crystals in plants, 59 

 Rare: thinly set; sparse or few. 

 Raspberry, 416. 

 Ray: the marginal flowers of a head, 



when different from the rest, 436 ; 



the branches of an umbel, &c. 

 Ray-flower, 436. 



Receptacle of the flower, 224, 266. 

 Receptacle of inflorescence, 211, 215. 

 Recess: same as sinus. 

 Re'clnuite, icchned: falling or turned 



downwauls. 

 Re'clinei red : parallel-veined. 

 Rectise'riul : in rectilinear lanks, 141. 

 Recuived: curved, especially curved 



backwards. 

 Reduplicate, ? eduphcative, 273 

 Reflc'xed : bent downwards or back- 

 wards. 

 Refi acted: suddenly bent backwards. 

 Riyulai : the members alike in size and 



form, 239, 277. 

 Rz'iiijbtm: kidney -shaped ; same as 



round-heart-shaped, but the breadth 



greater than the length ; fig. 2-15 

 Repdnd: bowed, the margin obscurely 



sinuate, 159, fig. 257" 

 Repent: same as creepinfr, 102. 

 Replicate: folded back. 

 Re'plum (a door-case) ; the frnme-liko 



placentas of Papaveraceaj, &c from 



which the valves of the pod fall 



away in dehiscence. 

 Reproduction, 20 21. 61 ; — in Cryptoga- 



mous plants, 330. 

 Reproductive oigans, 70. 

 R<)i!ant : same as repent. 

 Rcscdaccaj, 391. 

 Resins, 195. 



Respiration, 178, 199, 202. 

 Restiaccre, 496. 

 Resupinale : underside up, or having that 



appearance. 

 Reticulated: netted, 154. 



