GLOSSAEY. XY 



Polyandry. — The condition in which an indefinite number of 



stamens obtains. 

 Polymery. — The condition in which many members of a whorl 



are present.' 

 Polypetalous. — Having free, distinct petals. 

 Polyphylly. — The increase in number of the members of a 



floral whorl. 

 Positive de'douhlement. — Polyphylly. 



Primordium. — The immature developmental stage of an organ. 

 Raceme. — An indefinite inflorescence bearing stalked flowers 



along the rachis, the stalks of all being about equal in 



length. 

 Eachilla. — The axis of the spikelet of Grasses. 

 Receptacle. — In 'J'halamiflorse, the " torus," viz. the basal 



portion of the flower upon which all its members are 



inserted. In Eosacese, the "calyx-tube," viz. that part 



of the flower, enclosing the ovary, above which the 



sepals, petals, and stamens are inserted. 

 Rostellum. — The beak-like projection from the upper part of 



the column in Orchids, representing the abortive anterior 



stigma. 

 Scorpioid. — Relating to a definite or cymose inflorescence in 



which the terminal flower occurs alternately right and 



left, while the axis of the whole is circinnately coiled. 

 Scutellum. — The intraseminal absorptive organ of the Grass- 

 embryo, having the morphological nature of the lamina 



of the cotyledon. 

 Septate. — Of an ovary which is divided by partitions into 



loculi. 

 /Serial. — Of members of a whorl disposed side by side in the 



median plane. 

 Solution. — Separation, breaking away. 

 Spicate. — Relating to a spike. 

 Spilce. — An indefinite inflorescence whose flowers are sessile 



on the r^chis. 

 "Spihe" (of Grasses). — A compound spike, or sometimes a 



raceme. 

 "Spilce" (of Ophioglossacese). — The fertile segment of the 



sporophyll. 

 "Spikelet." — In Grasses, the subsidiary division of the 



inflorescence consisting of a short rachis bearing a few 



flowers and enclosed by one or two glumes. 

 Sporangiody. — The change into a sporangium. 

 Spornngiophore. — The stalk, an outgrowth of the sporophyll,. 



which bears the sporangia. 



