VOCABUI,ARY. 



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Pras'inus. Green, like a leek. 



Pralen'sis. Growing in meadow land. 



Prickle. Differs from the thorn in be- 

 ing fixed to the bark, the thorn is 

 fixed to the wood. 



Prismat'ic. Having several parallel 

 flat sides. 



Probos'cis. An elongated nose or snout, 

 applied to projecting parts of vegeta- 

 bles. 



Process. A projecting part. 



Procum'bcnt. Lying on the ground. 



Proliferous. A flower is said to be 

 proliferous when it has smaller ones 

 growing out of it. 



Prop. Tendrils and other climbers. 



Proz'imus. Near. 



Pseudo. When prefixed to a word, it 

 implies obsolete or false. 



Pubcs'cent. Hair}', downy, or woolly. 



Pulp. The juicy cellular substance of 

 berries and other fruits. 



Pulverulent. Turning to dust. 



Pu'milus. Small, low. 



Punctate. Appearing dotted. See Per- 

 forated. 



Pungent. Sharp, acrid, piercing. 



Purpu'reus. Purple. 



Pusil'lus. Diminutive, low. 



Puta'men. A hard shell. 



Pyrifnrm. Pear-shaped. 



Pyx'idc. (From pnxis, a box.) Name 

 of one of Mirbel's genera of fruits. 



Q,uadran'gular. Having four corners 



or angles. 

 Quater'nate. Pour together. 

 Quinate. Five together. 



R 



Roxeme. (Prom rax, abunch of grapes, 

 a cluster.) That kind of inflores- 

 cence in which the flowers are ar- 



- ranged by simple pedicels on the sides 

 of a common peduncle; as the cur- 

 rant. 



Ra'chis. The commom stalk to which 

 the florets and spikelets of grasses 

 are attached ; as in wheat heads. 

 Also the midrib of some leaves and 

 fronds. 



Radiate. The ligulate florets around 

 the margin of a compound flower. 



Ra'dix. A root ; the lower part of the 

 plant which performs the office of at- 

 tracting moisture from the soil, and 

 communicating it to the other parts 

 of the plant. 



Rad'ical. Growing from the root. 



Radicle The part of the corculum 

 ■which afterward forms the root ; 

 also the minute fibres of, a root. 



Ra'meus. Proceeding from the branches. 

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Raviiferous. Producing branches. 



Ramose. Branching. 



Ramus. A branch. 



Ray. The outer margin of compound 

 fl"owers. 



Receptacle. The end of a flower-stalk : 

 the base to which the different parts 

 of fructification are usually attached. 



Recli'ned. Bending over with the end 

 inclining towards the ground. 



Rectus. Straight. 



Rccurv'ed. Curved backwards. 



Rejlex'cd. Bent backwards, more than 

 recurved. 



Rcg'mate. (From regvia, to break w ith 

 an explosion.) Name of one of Mir- 

 bel's genera of fruits. 



Refrig'era7it. (From refrigero, to cool.) 

 Cooling medicines. 



Re'niform. Kidney-shaped, heart-shap- 

 ed without the point. 



Repand. Slightly serpentine, or wav- 

 ing on the edge. 



Rcpcns. Creeping. 



Resu'pinate. Upside down. 



Relic'ulate. Veins crossing each other 

 like net-work. 



Retuse. Having a slight notch in the 

 end, less than emarginate. 



Rever'scd. Bent back towards the base. 



Rev'olute. Rolled backward or out- 

 ward. 



Rhomboid. Diamond-form. 



Rib. A nerve-like support to a leaf. 



Riband-like. Broader than linear. 



Rigid. Stiff, not pliable. 



Ring. The band around the capsules 

 of ferns. 



Ringent. Gaping or grinning; a term 

 applied to some labiate corollas. 



Root. The descending part of a vege- 

 table. 



Rootlet. A fibre of a root, a little root. 



Rosa'ceous. A corolla formed of round- 

 ish spreading petals, without claws 

 or with very short ones. 



Rose'us. Rose-coloured. 



Rostel. That pointed part of the em- 

 bryo, which tends downward at the 

 first germination of the seed. 



Rostrate. Having a protuberance like 

 a bird's beak. 



Rotate. Wheel-form. 



Rotun'dus. Round. 



Rubra. Red. 



Rufous. Reddish yellow. 



Rugose. Wrinkled. 



Run'cinate. Having large teeth point- 

 ing backward, as the dandelion. 



Rupe.i'tris. Growing am ng rocks. 



Sagit'tate. Arrow-form. 



Saliferotis. Bearing or producing salt. 



