206 GLOSSARY. 



QUADRANGULAR. Having four corners or 



angles. 

 QUATERNATE. Four together. 



RACEMES. When flowers are arranged round 

 a filiform simple axis, each particular 



flower being stalked, they are said to be in 



racemes. 



RADIANT, or RADIATE. A flower is said to be 

 radiant when, in a cluster of florets, those 



of the circumference, or ray, are long and 



spreading, and unlike those of the disk. 



RADICAL. A term applied to leaves proceeding 

 immediately from the root, as in the daisy. 



RECURVED. Folded backward. 



RETICULATED. Having the appearance of net 

 work. 



RETUSE. Abruptly blunt at the end. 



RUGOSE. Rough, or coarsely wrinkled. 



RUNG i NATE. Having large teeth pointed back- 

 ward, as in the Dandelion. 



SAGITTATE. Shaped like an arrow-head ; 

 triangular, very much hollowed out at the 

 base. 



