GLOSSARY 



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Ringent, a 2-lipped widely open or gaping 

 oorolla, like that of the DeadNettle (fig. 65). 



Riparius, growing on the banks of streams 

 or lakes. 



Rootstock, a thick short rhizome or tuber. 

 The term is loosely applied by gardeners 

 to mean the clump, set, or mass of roots 

 of an herbaceous perennial plant. 



Rosette, a ooUeotion of leaves growing close 

 together, and radiating from the main 

 stem. 



Rosulate, disposed in the form of a rosette. 



Rotate, a monopetalous corolla with a short 

 tube and very spreading limb (fig. 94), as in 

 Potato and other flowers of the Solanum 

 order. 



Ruber, red of any tint. 



Ruderalis, growing amongst rubbish. 



FIG. 94. — EOTATB. 



FIG. 95. — nUNClKATE. 



Rugose, covered with a net of lines enclos- 

 ing convex spaces, like the leaves of Bosa 

 rugosa. 



Rugulose, finely rugose. 



Runcinate, where the lobes of leaves are 

 directed towards the base (fig. 95). 



Runner, a prostrate shoot rooting at its end, 

 as in the Strawberry. 



Rupestris, growing on rooks. 



Sabulosus, growing in sandy places. 

 Sagittate, like the barbed head of an arrow, 



the auricles or lobes pointing backwards 



(fig. 96) not outwards as in Hastate (fig. 62). 

 Sailver-shaped, a oorolla with a long slender 



tube and flat limb, the same as hypocra- 



teriform (fig. 63). 



FIS. 96.— SAGITTATE. 



FIG. 97.— SAMAEAS. 



Samara, applied to such winged indehiscent 



fruits as the Ash, Elm &c. (fig. 97). 

 Saxatilis, growing on rocks or stones. 



Scaber, scabrid, scabrous, rough to the 

 touch. 



Scales, minute rudimentary leaves or appen- 

 dages to petals, as in many Pinks &e. 



Scandens, climbing. 



Scape, a leafless flower stem springing from 

 the root, like that of Tulips, Hyacinths, 

 Daffodils. 



Scarious, with a thin, dry, shrivelled appear- 

 ance. 



Scorpioid, rolled up in a somewhat crosier- 

 like fashion. See Circinate. 



Secund, all turned towards one side. 



Sempervireiis, evergreen. 



Sepals, the division of the calyx. 



Septicidal (dehiscence), separating through 

 the dissepiments (fig. 46, 6). 



Septum, the partition of an ovary or fruit. 



Sericeus, silky. 



Serotinus, late. 



Serrate, toothed like a saw, like the margins 

 of many leaves (flg. 98). 



Serratures, teeth like 

 those of a saw. 



Serrulate, with very 

 small saw-like teeth. 



Sessile, without a stalk, 

 like many leaves. 



Seta, a bristle ; a bristle 

 tipped with a gland ; a 

 slender straight prickle. 



Setaceous, like a ^istle. 



Setose, bearing bristles 

 or set£e usually ending in glands. 



Sheath, the lower part of a leaf or its petiole, 

 which forms a vertical sheath surrounding 

 the stem. 



Silicle, a siUque about as long as it is 

 broad (fig. 99). 



FIG. 98. — SEREATK 



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FIG. 99. — eiLICLES. 



FIG. 100. — aiUQUES. 



Silique, a long pod -like 



fruit of Crucifers having 



its edges connected by 



an internal membrane 



.(fig. 100). 

 Simple, not compound ; 



not branched, lobed, or 



divided. 

 Sinuate, having many 



large blunt lobes, as in 



Oak leaves (fig. 101). 

 Sinus, the recesses of a lobed organ, as shown 



in the leaf at fig. 101. 



FIG. 101.— BINnATB. 



