GLOSSARY. 353 



MaMde: the lower part of the caulicle in the embryo which 

 develops into -the root. 



Radix: root. 



Ramose.- biwaduug. 



Saphe: the seed-stalk or funiculus when applied (adhering) to the 

 ovule, as in an anatropous -ovule. 



Baphides: needle-shaped crystals in the oeUs. 



May .• a marginal flower, especially if ligulate. 



Seceptacle : the enlarged end <rf an axis or peduncle which supports 

 a head of flowecs. 



Jteflexed : bent backwards. 



Regular fiower : the members in each whorl alike in :shape and size. 



S^uvenesceaee : one process of cell-formation, as by all of the proto- 

 plasm in a oell <;ontraeti2ig and itself becoming a new cell, 



Seniform: kidney -diaped. 



ItepoMd : with a wavy ma^iu. 



Mepent: creeping. 



Resting spore : a aygospore. 



Reticvlaie : netted ; as irelicubete veins. 



Ritrorse :■ directed downwards or backwards. 



Retting : the process of preparing Flax, etc., by maceration -or other- 

 wise in order to e£fect a separaiiion of the fibre from, the stem. 



Retv£e : with a shallow or obscure notch in a rounded apex. 



Reversion : petals changing hack to ^sepals, stamens to petals, etc 



Reeolvie : rolled backwards. 



Rhaehis : the axis of a oompomid lea^ Hower-cluster, etc 



Rhaphe : the funiculus or >6eed-«talk when txmfluemt witJi ^be side 

 of an anatropous ovulfe ; raphe. 



Rhisoida : hairs which, as in Mosses, etc., perform the function of 

 roots. 



Rhizome: rootstoek-; subterraneaa «tem. 



Rib : a promineiit vein in a leaf; a ridge 



Ribbed : having ribs. 



Ringent :. gaping. 



Moot : the descending axis of a plant, tipped -with a rooit-cap, desti- 

 tute of leaves, etc 



Root-cap : the mass of cells at the tip of the root covering its grow- 

 ing point. 



Root-hairs: the minute hairs or outgrowths from sorfe^e cells of 

 the root. 



Rootlet : a little root, or branchlet of a root. 



Rootstock : rhizome ; root-like £tem or trunk on or under ground. 



Rosaceous : like a rose. 



RostelkUe : with a small beak. 



Rostellum: a beak ; the protuberance in Orchid-flow>ers in which the 

 lower ends of the caudicles of the pollinia are enclosed. 



Rostrate: beaked. 



Rotate: wheel-shaped. 



Rotation of protoplasm: mass movement of protoplasm in cells. 



Rugose: wrinkled, 

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