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Recurvedfl , .Curved' put^9,^,(^ or ^ack v;a];^s. 



ReHexed, Bent put^VKards ,or baclfwards. , 



Refr/acted, , Bent suddenly, so, as to appear 

 broken ;at th^ b^nd,; 



ReffuUtf. (flfQWQr). All the parts of each set 

 similar. ,;,: i . ^ ■.:'■■ . , ,■ , .^ 



fieni/om^* ,^idney-BhapiQd.. , 



Repavd. Vi^avyrmargined. 



Retase, Blunted,; the apex not only obtuse 

 but somewhat indented. , 



Revolute, Rolled backwards, as the mar- 

 gins .of many le^^ves. , 



HAocAis. -^ainc* as r(ichis^,[ , 



Rhizome. A rootstock. 



Ringent. Grinning; gaping open. 



Rostrate, Bearing a beak or a prolonged 

 appendage,, .... 



iSosuZate (leaves). In.a roset^te. 



Rotate* Wheelrshaped. 



Rotund, Rounded or roundish in outline. 



Rudimentary. Imperfectly ^developed, or 

 in an early stage pf development. 



Rugose. Wrinkled, roughened with wrinkles, 



Runcina,te,, Poarsely . saw-toothed or cut, 

 the pointed teeth turned towards the 

 base of the leaf, as ij^. dandelion. 



Runner.,; A slender and prostrate branch 

 -ropting.a^ the end or a,t^the joints. 



*Soc. 1 Any closed nxem^arane, or a deep 



purse-shaped cavity;.., , 

 Sagittate. Arrow-shaped, 

 5aZvierpsftjap^„,^oZver^q^.(,i,^it^^,a border 



spreading at right angles to a slender tube. 

 Samara. A wing-fruit o^_ key, as of mapl^. 

 Sav)-taoth£d. Sje^ s^tt^/j^.i, , ,. , 

 Scabrous^ , Rough or hafs^; to t]|ie touch. 

 Scale, A reduced leaf-like body which is not 



green.. , ■,■,(,.';■■.') 



Scape, A peduncl^ rising frgm ^he ground, 



naJ^eji or without ordinary foliage. 

 Scorpioid, Scorpioiddl, Curved or circinate 



at the end. , 

 Scurf, Scurfiness. Minute scales on the sur- 

 face of many leaves. 

 Scutellate, Scy,telli^onn, Saucer-shaped' or 



_platter-shaped^ 

 Secund, One-sided, as,where fiowera, leaves, 



etc., are all turned to one side. 

 Semii-^.w. compounds, means half. , 

 Sepal, A constituent member 6t tlie calyx. 

 Septate. Diyided by partitions. 

 Septum (plural sepUi), A pariitioh, as of 



a pod, etc^ ,, , > 



Ser^poifS.^ Silky; clothed with satiny pubes- 



'cence. ,,.j, , 

 Serrate, Serrated, With margin cut into 



, teeth (serratures) pointing forwards. ^ 



Serrulq.te. I)iminutiv6 of eerrate, that ^ 



with ^ner teeth. 

 Sessile. Without any stalk, as a leaf desti- ^ 



tute o^ petiole, an anther destitute of 



filament, etc. 



Seta. > A brittle, or ^ alei^der bqdy resem- 

 bling a bristle, . „ 



SheatJi. , A,j tubular envelope, as the lowei 

 part of the leaf in grasses. 



tShieldshapedt. Same as pelUite. 



]Shryb. A, woody perennial, smaller ^han a 

 tre^e,,, usually with seyeral stems. 



Siliqite. T^^ pod of the Crnciferae. 



Silky, GjLossy with a coat oif fine and'soft, 

 close-pressed, straight hairs. 



Silvery, Shining white, or bluish-gray, usu- 

 ally from a silky pubescence. , 



'Simple,. Of qne piece; opposed to compound. 



pint/tf^£. Strongly wavy. 



Sinus. The cleft or recess between two 

 lobes. 



JSmooth. Without roughness or pubescence. 



Soboliferqus. , Bearing shoots, especially' 

 from the ground. 



Spadix. jjA^eshy spike. , 



Spathe. A ^Sract which sheaths an inflo- 

 rescence (especially a spadix). 



Spatulate, ./^p^afhulate. Shaped like a 

 spatula. 



Spicate. Belonging to or disposed in a 

 spike. ' 



Spidform. Resembling a spike, in form. 



Spi^e (inflorescence). Like a racem^, but 



I with flowers sessile. 



SjyUcelet.. ,A, small or a secondiary spike. 



Spindle-shaped. Tapering to each end, like 



Spine. A sharp woody or rigid outgrowth 



from the stem, 

 Spinescent. Tipped by or degenerating into 



spines or thorns. 

 ^Spino^e, Spiniferous. Thorny, ^ 

 Sporangium, sporocarp. A spore-case, es- 

 pecially of ferns, mosses, etc. 

 ^Spore. A spe;Cial reproductive cell, which 

 i is most obvious among' cryptogams; 

 ) among seed-plants pollien grains' are 

 spores (microspores), but the obvious 

 reprpductive strpctyre is the sped. 

 Spur, Any projecting appendage of the ' 



flower. ^ 



Squarrose. Where scales, leaves, or any 

 appendages spread widely from, the axis 

 on which they are thickly set. 

 Stamen. T^e ppllen-bearing organ, 

 \Staminodium. An abortive stamen or other ' 



body in thp position of a stamen.. 

 Standard. The upper petal of a papili-' 

 j onaceous corolla. , , ' 



Stellate. Siar-like; several similar parts ra- 

 ! diatihg from a common center. 

 'Sterile. Barren or imperfect^ 

 Stigma. The region of the pistil which re- 

 ceives the pollen. ' , 

 'Stipe. The stalk-like support of a pistil;, 

 ; the leaf-stalk of a fern. 

 ''Stipitate, , Fyrnished with ^ stipe. ^ 

 * Stipulate.' Furnished with stipules. 



