GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS. V 



Pyriforni, pear-sliaped. 



Quadripartite, divided into four lobes as the labellum of the Amphiglottide 



Epidendra. 

 Raceme, an inflorescence in which the flowers are arranged on pedicels 



along an undivided axis. 

 Racemed, Racemose, in the form of a raceme. 

 Rachis, the axis or stem of an inflorescence. 

 Retuse, obtuse with a slight depression at the apex. 

 Reniform, kidney-shaped. 

 Rhomboidal, approaching four-sided with rounded angles as the petals of 



Phalcenopsis amahilis, P. Aphrodite, P. ScMllerian<i, etc. 

 Re volute, rolled backwards, applied to leaves, sepals, petals, etc., that have 



their margins rolled back under the blade. 

 Saccate, having a depression in the foim of a bag or pouch as the labellum 



of Saccolabium. 

 Scandent, climljing, rising by the aid of neigh) jouring bodies and attaching 



itself to them like the stems of Vanda teres, V. Hookeriana, Sarcochilun 



(Gamarotis) purpurea, etc. 

 Scape, in the ordinary acceptation of the term is the naked peduncle which 



rises from the crown of many bulbous plants as the Tulip, Hippeastrum, 



etc. In orchidology it is generally applied to peduncles that spring from 



the base of pseudo-bulbs as in Odontoglossum, Oncidium, Miltonia, etc.* 

 Scarious, dry and membraneous. 



Sepaline, belonging to the sepals as the tube and tails of Masdevallia. 

 Secund, having the flowers all turned in one direction as those of Angroicuin 



a'tratum, Rodriiiuezia secunda, etc. 

 Serrate, Serrulate, notched like the teeth of a saw. 

 Sinuate, having the margin alternately convex and concave. 

 Spathaceous, resembling the spathe or floral bract of Aroids. 

 Spathulate, narrow at the base, broader and rounded at the apex. 

 Staminode. See Cypripedium, p. 7. 

 Stellate, rayed like a star. 

 Stipes, the strap-like prolongation of the gland or removable disk of the 



rostellum that support the pollinia in Vanue.e. See Morphology, p. 29. 



Subpandurate, approaching pandurate or flddle-shapcd. 



Subulate, awl-shaped, cylindric or nearly so, and terminating in an awl-like 

 point like the minute petals and lip of many Cirrhopetala. 



* Tlie iufloresceuce of most orchids of whatever form or origin is called a spike by nearly 

 all British cultivators. True spikes are however rarely seen in tlie cultivated Oi;ciiiue.f, 

 re([uiring the protection of a glass-house. Instances occur in Aritophyllum, Ccelia, Bulbo- 

 phylluni, etc. 



