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GLOSSARY OR mCTIONARY OF BOTANICAL TER'^'S. 



Raceme, an infloresconce with nearly tMiual 

 secondary axes along tlio ju'lniary one, 

 Fig. ;i8, p. ;2(i. 



Radiate, I'urii'shcd with ray-llowers. 



limliail, proceeding from tho root, as radi- 

 cal leaves. 



7iV (Zj't'fc (or cauliclo), the s' n part of tlio 

 embryo, ]). 41. 



R<i>l, tho marginal ilowers of a head, when 

 • lignlate or different from tho others. 



lieceptarlc, the axis or suj)port of a llower, 

 p. 25. 



lieyular (llower), with all jiarts of each set 

 alike, p. IST. 



Jlpdiii!, wavy-margined, l^. 19. 



Itetiixe, blunted aTid s^omewhat indented. 



IIImcIUx, the axis of a spike or other body. 



Jihaoiiu! {or rootstoeki. a creeping subter- 

 ranean stem. Fig. 15, p. 11. 



Jiibs (of leaves), p. 1 7. 



Jiiiii/< iif, gaping open. 



Root, pp. 4, 7. 



Jioot-hairs, Fig. 14, p. 8. 



Jtootiitork (or rhizome), a creeping subter- 

 ranean stem, Fig. 15, p. 11. 



JlotilniU', beaked. 



Rotation of cropn, p. 8. 



Jiuncinaie, coar.sely saw tootlicd. 



Runner, a slender jirostratu branch, root- 

 ing at the end or joints. 



Hanui rit. (pv key -fruit), a winged achenium, 



Figs. 80,87, p. 4:2. 

 f!aivor(irj>, a thick, fleshy mosocarp, p. 



40. 

 Scabroiifi, rough to the touci.. 

 S(ktles, reduced leaves, p. 17. 

 Scemdent, climbing. 

 Snipe, a i)edunclo rising from the ground 



or near it. 

 Scarious, thin, dry, and membranous. 

 San'poid ei/ine (or raci'UKM, Fig. 51, p. 30. 

 Scutellate, saucer-shaped. 

 Heeondanj rcotK, p. (!. 

 Secand, one-sided, as a one-sided raceme. 

 tked, p. 44. 



Sepidx, tlie separate leaflets of the calyx. 

 Sepfie/did. (deliiscence), cells first se[)arating 



from each other, then opening along 



their inner margin, p. 43. 

 Set wo II H, silky. 

 Serrate, saw-toothed, Fig. 28, p. 19. 



Sexsde, without a stalk, as a sessile leaf, 

 one without a i)etiole, p 17. 



Setaceous, bristle-form. 



Sheathimj, wrapped aljout the stem. 



Shrulix, woody jilants under about twenty 

 feet in height, p. 12. 



Silie.le, a short, broad silique, p. .3. 



Siliipie, the pod of the Crucifrra; Fig. 91, 

 p. 43. 



Sim,pU leaf. Fig. 29, p. 20. 



Simple ston, one without branches, p. 10. 



Sinuate, strongly wavy, Fig. 28, p. 19. 



Spatlw, a bract which enfolds an inflo- 

 rescence. 



Species, p. 40. 



Spike, an inflorescence with flowers sessile 

 on tho primary axis. Figs. 43, 44, p. 28. 



Spine, a thorn. 



Spores, p. 40. 



S<juarrose, with thickly set scales, leaves, 

 or other a])pendages, siireading widely 

 from the axi.s. 



<Sto»i(?rt, Fig. 59, p. 32. 



Stain inn fe (flower), one with stamens but 

 without jiistils. Fig. 4(), p. 30. 



Standard, the upper petal of i papilionace- 

 ous flower. 



Stem (and brunches), p. 9. 



Stifjina, the part of the jiistil on which tho 

 pollen is deposited. Figs. 02, 75, p. 34. 



Stipe, the stem of a pistil when it has 

 any. 



Stipulate, furnished with stijuiles. 



Stijiiiles, appendages at tho base of certain 

 leaves. Figs. 32-34, p. 23. 



Stomata (stoma, singular), the breathing- 

 pores of leaves. Figs. 36, 37, p. 24. 



Stone fruit, p. 41. 



Strict, close an<l narrow. 



Strobile, a multiple, cone-shaped fruit, like 

 that of the common hop. 



Sti/le, the jiortion of the jiistil between the 

 ovary and stigma. Fig. 62, p. 34. 



Sidi-h-inijdoin (of plants), p. 47. 



Succulent, juicy. 



Suffruticose, slightly woody, i:>. 13. 



Superior (calyx), enclosing the ovary, Fig. 

 71, p. 37. 



Sijni metrical (flower), with the same num- 

 ber of parts in each set, p. 37. 



Sj/nf/enesious (stamens), with anthers unit- 

 ed -tito one set, Figs. 00, 01, p. 33. 



