WILD FLOWERS 
Radiate.— Spreading from or ar- 
ranged around a common cen- 
tre. Bearing ray flowers. 
Ray. — The outer florets of a Daisy- 
like flower. 
Recurved.——- Curved downward or 
backward. 
Reflexed. — Sharply bent or curved 
downward. 
Rib. — The prominent vein of a leaf. 
Root.— The underground part of 
a plant supplying nourishment. 
Rootstock. — A creeping, horizontal, 
underground stem rooting at 
the joints, and becoming erect 
at the apex. 
Runner.— A very slender stolen. 
Scape.-— A leafless, or nearly leaf- 
less flower stalk rising from the 
ground. 
Saprophyte. — A plant which grows 
on dead organic matter. 
Seeund. — Borne along one side of a 
stem. 
Segment. — One of the parts of a 
leaf or other like organ that is 
cleft or divided. 
Sepal. — A division of the Calyx. 
Sheath. — A tubular covering, as the 
lower part of the leaves in 
grasses. 
Spadix.— A fleshy spike enveloped 
by a spathe as in the Cala Lily 
and Jack-in-the-Pulpit. 
Spathe.—A_ large, leaflike bract 
or pair of bracts enclosing a 
flower or spadix. 
Spike. — An elongated, closely set 
flower-cluster. 
Spur. — A hollow, sac-like or tubu- 
Jar extension of some part of a 
blossom, usually nectar-bear- 
ing. 
Stalk. —Herein used to designate 
the main ascending part of 
a plant. 
Stamen. — One of the pollen-bear- 
ing organs of a flower. 
GLOSSARY 
Staminate. — Flowers which bear 
stamens but no pistils. Male 
flowers. 
Stem.— Herein used to designate 
the connecting parts between 
the stalk and the leaves and 
flowers. 
Sterile. — Unproductive, as a flower 
without a pistil, or stamen 
without an anther. 
Stigma. — The tip or side of a pistil 
through which the pollen is 
received, by means of tiny 
tubes which penetrate the style 
and convey the minute grains 
to fertilize the seeds within 
the ovary. 
Stipule.— A tiny leaflet borne at 
the base of a petiole. 
Stolen. — A basal runner or root- 
ing branch. 
Style.-—'The usually slender part 
of a pistil connecting the stigma 
and the ovary. 
Terminal. — Borne at the summit 
of the stem. 
Tuber. — A short and thick under- 
ground branch having many 
eyes like a potato. 
Tufted. — Growing in clusters or 
clumps. 
Unmbel. — A terminal, floral arrange- 
ment in which the stems of a 
cluster spring from the same 
point like the ribs of an um- 
brella. 
Veins. — The ffiner,  threadlike 
branching parts in the fibre or 
tissue in a leaf or other organ. 
Venation.— The arrangement of 
the veins. 
Whorl. — An arrangement of leaves 
in a circle around the stem. 
Winged. — Having a thin expan- 
sion or extension on either side 
of the stem. 
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