GLOSSARY. 
REVOLUTE, rolled backward. 
Racuis, the main stem in a spike, etc. 
RootstTock, an underground stem. 
Roratz, wheel-shaped. 
RuncrvaTe, teeth pointing backward. 
Sacrrtatz, like an arrow-head. 
SALVER-SHAPED, tubular, the border spread- 
ing at right angles to the tube. 
Scars, a flower-stalk rising from the ground 
or near it. 
Scorpio, coiled round like a scorpion. 
SEconp, all turned to one side. 
SERRATE, with teeth like a saw. 
Setaceovps, like a bristle. 
Spatuuate, like a druggist’s spatula, 
SprxE, a long inflorescence of sessile flowers. 
STELLATE, star-shaped. 
Sricma, the part of a pistil which receives 
the pollen. 
Stirz, the stalk of an ovary. : 
Stipe, the stipule of a leaflet. 
STIPELLATE, having stipels. 
SripitaTE, having a stipe. 
STIPULE, appendage on each side at the 
base of a leaf. 
Srrict, very straight or close or upright. 
Srricoss, clothed with close-pressed stout 
sharp hairs or scale-like bristles. 
Sryzz, 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 orsummit. | 
Tuyrsg, a thick panicle (Lilac blossoms). 
Tomentosg, clothed with w close and mate 
ted down. 
ToRULOSE, swollen at intervals. 
TruncatE, as if cut off at the end. 
Umer, umbrella-like inflorescence. 
VERTICILLATE, whorled, forming a ring: 
around the stem. 
ViLLovs, with long soft hairs. 
Viscr, sticky. ; 
ADDITIONAL WORDS. 
ADVENTITIOUS, out of the usual place; as 
roots on stems. 
CavDEX, an upright rootstock. 
Cusp, a spear-like point. 
DELTomM, triangular. 
Fuaccrp, soft, weak, drooping. 
Fusrrorm, spindle-shaped. 
GuLaBrovs, smooth. 
InvotucraTE, provided with an involucre, 
Locuicrpat, splitting down the middle of 
the back of a cell. 
LuwatTE, crescent-shaped. 
Mocronv.ate, tipped with a minute point. 
Paritionacgous, like the corolla of a pea 
PrrRiantTH, calyx and corolla together. 
ReETIcULATED, netted-veined. 
Rueosg, wrinkled, rough with wrinkles. 
SaccaTz, with sacks or pouches. 
Scaprovs, rough or harsh. 
Scartovs, thin, dry, membranous. 
SEPTICIDAL, splitting between the cells. 
Spaprx, a fleshy spike of flowers. 
SpaTue, a bract which inwraps flowers. 
SuccuLEnt, fleshy, juicy. 
Sramrnop1a, Sterile stamens or bodies like 
stamens. — 
TURBINATE, top-shaped, an inverted cone. 
