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pulvinate : cushion-shaped. 



pumila, &c. ; dwarf. 



pxinctatum : dotted. 



pungent : "prickly pointed. 



Purple broom : Comesperma retusa. 



Purple heath : Tetratheca' pilosa and 



glandulosa. 

 pusilla : small, 

 pygmsea : rery small, 

 pyriforme : pear-shaped, 

 pyrenaiea : first ascertained habitat 



Pyrenees, 

 quadridentata : four-toothed (corolla), 

 quadriseta : four-bristled (termination of 



flowering glume), 

 quadrivalvis ; four-valved (ovarian 



tubercles and bracts of each fruit in 



the cone). 

 Quake-grass : Briza sp. 

 Quillwort : Isoetes lacustris. 

 raceme : a many-flowered- inflorescence, 



in which the flowers are stalked and 



arranged along an unbranched common 



stalk, 

 radicata, &c. : refers to root, usually 



meaning deep-rooted, 

 radicans : rooting, 

 radula : to scrape, from roughness, 

 ramulosa : much-branched, 

 rariflora : shy-flowering. 

 J arum : thin. 



Raspberry-Jam Wood : Alyxia buxifolia. 

 Raspberry, native : Rubus parvifolius. 



mountain : Rubus gunnianus. 

 receptacle : place where the florets of a 



composite flower are developed, 

 redolens : sweet-scented. 

 Red-Pine : Arthrotaxis selaginoides, but 



often the other species as well. 

 renifolium : leaves kidney-shaped, 

 reniformis : kidney-shaped, 

 repens, reptans : creeping. 

 Rest-Harrow ■ Ononis arvensis. ^ 

 reticulatus : netted (on leaves), 

 retuse : the end (of leaf) notched or 



turned down, 

 revolute : margins recurved. 

 , rhachis : the portion of a common stalk 



upon which are inserted the leaflets or 



flowers ; the portion below is termed 



the stipes, 

 rhomboidea : in the shape of an oblique 



parallelogram (leaf, oladode, cone, &c.). 

 Rib-grass : Prantago sp. 

 rigida . stiff, rigid, 

 riparia : river-bank (habitat), 

 rivularis : a brook (habitat). 

 Rocket, mountain . Bellendena mon- 

 tana. 

 native : Epacris lanuginosa. 

 Rose, native : Bauera rubioides. 

 rosmarifolius, &c. : likeness to Rosemary, 

 rubioides : from Rubus, the raspberry 



and bramble genus. 

 rubi»folia : leaves like those of Rubia, 



the type aemis of Rubiacese. 

 Rue-fern : Gymogramme rutBefolia. 

 rufa • reddish. ^ ' ^ . 



Running postman : Kennedya prostrata. 



ruscifolia : leaves like Rusous, the 

 Butcher's broom. 



Rush : Juncus communis. 

 ,, sea : J. maritimus. 

 ,, toad • J. bufonius. 

 ,, flowering : Xyris sp. 



rutfefolia : Rue-leaved. 



Rye, English : Lolium perenne. 

 ,, Italian : L. italicum. 



annual : darnel, L. temulentum. 



Sagg : Xerotes longifoliaj and often ap- 

 plied to species of Lepidosperma. 



salicaria : a generic name sometimes 

 given to Lythrum salicaria, derived 

 from Salix, a willow, from likeness of 

 foliage. 



salicina, salignus, &c. : willow-like. 



Salsify : Tragopogon porrifolius. 



Sandalwood, native : Alyxia buxifolia. 



Sandspurry : Spergularia rubra. 



sanguisorbse : from likeness to Sangui- 

 sorba. 



Sassafras : Atherosperma moschatum. 



saturejoides : from likeness to Satureia, a 

 Labiate genus. 



Saucy Jack : Centaurea melitensis. 



saxicola, saxosa : rocky (habitat). 



saxifraga : from likeness to the genus 

 Saxifraga. 



scabrous, scabrid : clothed with short, 

 rigid hairs, or acute tubercles. 



soandens : climbing. 



scape : stalk of a flower or inflorescence 

 where it does not differ sufficiently 

 from the stem to warrant its being 

 called a peduncle. 



scapiformis : the whole stem resembling 

 a scape. 



scarious : hard, harsh ; not green and suc- 

 culent. 



Scented grass : Hierochloe rariflora, also 

 applied to the other species of Hiero- 

 chloe. 



sohaenoidea : resembling Schsenus, a genus 

 of Sedge. 



sciurea : hard (texture). 



scoparium : much branched. 



scorpioides : curved in fancied resem- 

 blance to a scorpion's tail. 



Scrub-vine : Bauera rubioides. 



scutellifolius : leaves shield-shaped. 



Sea-wrack, Sea-grass : Zostera sp. 



Sedge : a name applied to any species of 

 C^peracese, and also Restiacese. 



selaginoides : from fancied resemblance 

 in habit to Selaginella, a Club-moss. 



semiannuJaris : half-ringed, from the 

 semi-circular bands of hair on the backs 

 of the flowering glumes. 



semibarbatum : half-bearded ; in Bulbine 

 semibarbatum half the stamens have 

 hairy appendages ; in Stipa semibar- 

 bata the awns are hairy for half their 

 length, 

 semipapposum . pappus very reduced for 



the genus, 

 sericea : silky. 



serpillifolia : leaves similar to those of 

 Thymus serpyllum, the herb Thyme. 



