Glossary. 



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Repand. With slightly wavy margin. 



Reticulate. Netted. 



Retrorse. Turned backward. 



Retuse. With very shallow notch at apex. 



Revolute. Rolled backward from the sides. 



Raphe (or Rhaphe). The ridge connecting 

 the hilum and ehalaza of an anatropous or 

 aniphitropous ovule. 



Ringent. Said of the gaping mouth of a 

 two-lipped corolla. 



Rostrate. With a beak-like tip. 



Rotate. Said of a corolla with flat round 

 limb; wheel-shaped. 



Rugose. Wrinkled. 



Ruminate. Said of an albumen which looks 

 as if it had been chewed. 



Runcinate. Incised with segments directed 

 backward. 



Sagittate. Of the shape of an arrow-head. 



Salver-shaped. Said of a corolla with slender 

 tube and abruptly expanded flat limb. 



Samara. A simple dry indehiscent winged 

 fruit. 



Scabrous. Rough. 



Scarious. Membranous, thin and dry; not 

 green. 



Secund. Said of a raceme where flowers are 

 borne on one side of the raehis. 



Sepal. One of the divisions of a caly.\;. 



Septicidal. Said of a capsule opening along 

 the partitions between the cells. 



Serrate. Having saw-like teeth directed for- 

 ward. 



Serrulate. Diminutive of serrate. 



Sessile. Without stalk. 



Setaceous. Bristle-like. 



Setose. Covered with bristles. 



Setulose. Covered with minute bristles. 



Simple. Of one piece, /. e., not compound. 



Sinuate. With markedly wavy margin. 



Sinus. The cleft or space between two lobes. 



Spatulate. Shaped like a spatula; abruptlj' 

 wide at apex and narrow below. 



Spicate. Arranged in a spike. 



Spike. An elongated flower-cluster with 

 sessile or nearly sessile flowers. 



Spine. A sharp woody outgrowth from a 

 stem. 



Spinose. Covered with spines. 



Spinule. Diminutive of spine. 



Spinulose. Covered with spinules. 



Stamen. One of the male or pollen-bearing 

 organs of a flower. 



Staminate. Said of flowers which bear 

 stamens without pistils. 



Staminodium. A sterile stamen. 



Standard. The upper dilated petal of a 

 papilionaceous ilower. 



Stellate. Star-shaped. 



Stigma. The portion of a pistil which re- 

 ceives the pollen and through which fertil- 

 ization is effected. 



Stigmatic. Belonging to or of the nature of a 

 stigma. 



Stipe. The stalk-like support of some pistils. 



Sterile. Not productive of spores or seeds. 



Stipel. An appendage of some leaflets cor- 

 responding with the stipules of a leaf. 



Stipitate. Having a stipe. 



Stipulate. Having stipules. 



Stipules. Appendages on either side of a leaf 

 at the base of the petiole. 



Stolon. A runner or prostrate branch root- 

 ing at the nodes. 



Stoloniferous. Bearing stolons. 



Stoma. (pi. Stomata) A little mouth or 

 breathing pore in the epidermis (chietly of 

 the leaves) through which transpiration 

 occurs. 



Stomatiferous. Bearing stomata. 



Striated. Striped lengthwise. 



Strobile. A cone. 



Style. The part of a pistil connecting the 

 ovary and stigma. 



Sub-. A prefi.x indicating somewhat; as sub- 

 cordate, somewhat cordate, etc. 



Subulate. Awl-shaped. 



Suffrutescent. Somewhat shrubby. 



Suffruticose. Diminutively shrubby. 



Sulcate. Furrowed or grooved. 



Superior. Said of an ovary growing above 

 or free from the calyx. 



Symmetrical. Said of a flower in which there 

 is the same number of parts in each set of 

 organs. 



Syncarp. A fleshy multiple fruit. 



Tangential. Said of a wood section when 

 made lengthwise of the grain and tangen- 

 tial to the rings of growth. 



Tegmen. The inner lining of a seed. 



Terete. Columnar; circular in cross-section. 



Ternate. Arranged in threes. 



Testa. The outer covering of a seed. 



Thyrsoid. Like a thyrsus. 



Thyrsus. A campact panicle; as a bunch of 

 grapes or lilac liowers. 



Tomentose. Denselj' pubescent; covered with 

 tomeutura. 



Tomentulose. Diminutive of tomentose. 



Tomentum. Dense matted hairs. 



Torose. Cj'lindrical with contractions at in- 

 tervals. 



Torulose. Diminutive of torose. 



Torus. The receptacle of a Ilower. 



Tortuous. Considerably bent or twisted. 



Trachoe. The ducts or canals in wood. 



Tracheids. Wood cells. 



Transverse. Said of a wood section when 

 made across the grain or axis of a log. 



Tri-. In composition, thrice or three. 



Triandrous. Having three stamens. 



Trichotomous. Three forked. 



Trifoliate. Having three leaflets. 



Truncate. Ending abruptly, as if cut off. 



Tuberculate. Covered with rounded projec- 

 tions. 



Tumid or Turgid. Swollen. 



Turbinate. Top-shaped. 



Umbel. A form of flower cluster in which 

 the pedicels radiate from the same point,, 

 similar to the rays of an umbrella. 



Umbellate. Borne in umbels. 



Umbellet. A secondary umbel. 



Umbo. A projection or boss. 



Iimbonate. Bearing an umbel. 



I'ndulate. With wavy margin. 



