INDEX AND QL0S8ART. 



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Proliferous, reprodii-ing, as oymea from 

 the midst of a cy.tie, flowers from the 

 midst of a flower. 



Protein, 744. Protoplasm, 144, 655. 



Protothallus, 629. 



PrJiinous, powdered, as if frosted, 300. 



Prilriens, causing an itching sensation. 



Pseudo (in Greek composition), spurious. 



Pubescent, downy with short, soft habs. 



Puberulent, minutely downy, 297. 



Pumilus, pumilou3, dwarfed in size. 



Punctate, seeming as if perforate, 682, or 

 marked with minute dots. 



Pungent, piercing, sharp-poihted. 



Putamen, the bony nucleus of a drupo. 



Pyramidal, form of a cone or pyramid. 



Pyriform, of the form of a pear. 



Pyxis, a pericarp with a lid, 570. 



Quadri (in composition), four ; as, 

 Quadrifoliate, four-leaved. 

 Quadrangular, four-angled. 

 Quadrijugate, witli four pairs of leaflets. 

 Quadrilateral, four-sided. 

 Quinque (in composition), five. 

 Quinate, growing in fives, 292. 

 Quincuncial, 391. Pig. 248. 

 Quintuple, live-fold. 



Eacs (Latin, stirps), a permanent variety, 

 as red-cabbage. 



Raceme, 349. 



Baehis, axis of the inflorescence, 286, 330. 



Kadiate, diverging from a common center. 



Radiate (in the Composites), the outer 

 row of fiorets ligulate. Fig. 170. 



Radiant, outer flowers enlarged (and often 

 neutral). Pig. 271 ; or (in the Compos- 

 ites), all the florets ligulate. 



Radical, from the root, 103. 



Radical of the flower, 408. 



Radicle, rootlet (of the embryo), 592. 



Ramial, of a branch, 221. 



Raphe (of the ovule or seed), 536. 



Rdphides, 660. 



Receptacle, 331, 397, 443, 631. 



Recurved, bent (not rolled) backward. 



Reflexed, curved backward excessively. 



Refracted, bent suddenly as if broken. 



Eegma, fruit as of Geranium, 577. 



Regular, like parts similar, 412. 



Reniform, kidney-shaped, 271. 



Repand (margin), 280. 



Repent, creeping. 



Respiration, 812. 



Resupinate, reversed, upside down. 



Reticulate, netted, 258. 



Retrorse, backwards, downwards. 



Retdse (apex), 284. Pig. 155, c. 



Eevolute, rolled backwards, 213. 



Ehizoma, Ehizome, 183. 



Rhombic, Rhomboidal, in the figure of a 



rhomb, or approaching it. 

 Ribs, the chief veins of a leaf, ridges. 

 Ring elastic (of the fem-sporange). Pig. 



489. 

 Ringent (corolla), 483. 

 Root, 114. Root-stock, 183. 

 Rosaceous (corolla), 491. 

 Rostrate, beaked, with a beak. 

 Eosulate (leaves), arranged around the 



bass of the stem as rose-leaves. 

 Rotate, wheel-shaped, 475. 

 Rotation, circulation in the cell, 806. 

 Rtibicund, blushing, rosy red. 

 Eudiment, the beginning of a thing. 

 Eugous, wrinkled, 295. 

 Ruminated (albumen), full of chinks as if 



composed of numerous folds. 

 Euncinale, hooded backwards, 269. 

 Eunner, 160. 



Sagittate, arrow-shaped, 267. 



Salver-shaped See Hypoorateriform, 480. 



Samira, 561. 



Sap, the crude, 494 ; the true, 496. 



Sarcocarp (of the drupe), 563. 



Scabrous, rough, 296. 



Soalariform (cells), ladder-shaped, 653. 



Scales, 435. Scale-stems, 169. 



Scandent, climbing. 



Scape, 329. Scarious, 295. 



Scattered, sometimes used for alternate. 



Scorpoid (inflorescence), 358. 



Scrobiculate, pitted, with little depres- 

 sions. 



Screw-pine, 136. 



Sea-green, light bluish green, glauoesoeut. 



Seound, all on one side, or turned one 

 way. 



Seoundine, same as Tegmen, 535. 



Seed, 582. Seed coverings, 535. 



Seed, longevity o^ 602 ; dispersion o^ 

 604. 



Semi (in composition), half; as, 



Semicordate, half of cordate. 



Semilunar, half-moon-shaped. 



Semisagittate, and Semiterets. 



Sepals; 400. Sepaloid, sepal-like. 



Septum, a partition between two spaces. 



Septicidal (dehiscence), 550. 



Septifragal (dehiscence), 550. 



Sericeous, silky, 297. 



Serotinous, ooouring late in the season. 



Serrate, Serrulate, 279. 



Sessile, sitting, not stalked, 239. 



Seta3, 299, 487. Setaceous, bristle-form. 



Setous, Setigerous, bearing iDristles. 



Sheath, Sheathing, as the leaves of the 



Shrub, 95. 



Silique, 574 SUicle, 575. 



