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GLOSSARY. 



REVOLUTE, rolled backward. 



RACHIS, the main stem in a spike, etc. 



ROOTSTOCK, 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 

 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 inflorescence of 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. 

 TIIYRSE, 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 a ring 



around the stem. 

 VILLOUS, with long soft hairs. 

 VISCID, sticky. 



ADDITIONAL WORDS. 



ADVENTITIOUS, out of the usual place; as 



roots on stems. 



CAUDEX, an iipright rootstock. 

 CUSP, a spear-like point. 

 DELTOID, triangular. 



FLACCID, soft, weak, drooping. 



FUSIFORM, spindle-shaped. 



GLABROUS, smooth. 



INVOLUCRATE, provided with an involucre. 



LOCULICIDAL, splitting down the middle of 



the back of a cell. 

 LUNATE, crescent-shaped. 

 MUCRONULATE, tipped with a minute point. 



PAPILIONACEOUS, like the corolla of a pea. 

 PERIANTH, calyx and corolla together. 



RETICULATED, netted-veined. 



RUGOSE, wrinkled, rough with wrinkles. 



SACCATE, with sacks or pouches. 



SCABROUS, rough or harsh. 



SCARIOUS, thin, dry, membranous. 



SEPTICIDAL, splitting between the cells. 



SPADIX, a fleshy spike of flowers. 



SPATHE, a bract which inwraps flowers. 



SUCCULENT, fleshy, juicy. 



STAMINODIA, Sterile stamens or bodies like 



stamens. 

 TURBINATE, top-shaped, an inverted cone. 



