GLOSSARY AND INDEX. 



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ReticuJateJ duds, 46, 



Retindcutum : a stay or holdfast : ap- 

 plied to the processes bearing the 

 seeds of Acanthacese, &c. 



Ritinerved : same as reticulated. 



Retroctirred : same as recurved. 



Retrofle'xed : same as reflexed. 



Retro fracted : same as refracted. 



Retrdrse : backwards, directed back- 

 wards. 



Retrov^rted: turned upside down. 



Refuse ; slightly notched at a rounded 

 apex ; 162, fig. 272. 



R^volule, revoliitive : rolled backwards, 

 144. 



Rhachis (back-bone) : the axis of a 

 spike, &,c., 211. 



Rhamnaceae, 408. 



Rlmphe of an ovule or seed, 299, fig. 

 529, r. 



Rhatany, 412. 



BJiizdntlmus : root-flowered; as when a 

 flower (like EafHesia, fig. 150), or 

 a cluster of flowers, &c. without 

 green foliage (liKe Beech-drops), 

 is parasitic by what answers to 

 roots, on some foster plant. 



Rhizocdrpous (root-fruiting) : having a 

 perennial root. 



Rhizdma: rootstock, 106. 



Rhizomorphous : root-like. 



Ehizophoracese, 419. 



Ehodospermese, 509. 



Rhombic : rho^b-shaped. 



Rhomboidal : approaching a rhomboid 

 in form. 



Rhubarb, 466. 



Rib : a strong nerve or part of the frame- 

 work of a leaf, &c, 145, 155. 



Ribbed: when strong nerves or ribs run 

 lengthwise thi'ough a leaf, &c. 



Ricciacese, 504. 



Rice, 498. 



Rimose : with chinks or clefts (rimas). 



Ring of Terns, 501 ; of Mosses, 503. 



Ringent: grinning; when a bilabiate 

 corolla is open, 278. 



Riparious : along water-courses. 



Root, 79. 



Root-hairs, 81. 



Rootlet : a very small root, or ultimate 

 branch of a root. 



Rootsloch: same as rhizoma, 106. 



Rosace 83, 415. 



Rosaceous : rose-like, 276. 



Rdstellate: diminutive of rostrate. 



Rostdlum : a little beak. 



Rdstrate : beaked, bearing a 



Rostrum : a beak-like projection. 



Rdsuhr, or rosulate : shaped like a ro- 

 sette. 



Rotate : wheel-shaped ; 278, fig. 454. 



Rotation in cells : see Cyclosis, 31. 



Rotund, rotundate : of rounded outline. 



Rough : see Scabrid or Scabrous. 



Rubescent, rubicund ! reddish or rosy. 



Rubiacese, 431. 



RubCginose : rusty reddish . 



Ruderal : growing in rubbish. 



Rudimentarr/ : imperfectly or incom- 

 pletely developed. 



Rufescent : approaching to 



Rufous: brown-red. 



Rugose : wrinkled {ruga, a wrinkle). 



Ruminated (albumen) : penetrated with 

 holes or channels ; 323, 383, fig. 

 658. 



Runcinate: saw-toothed, the teeth turned 

 backwards, 161, fig. 279. 



Runner, 102. 



Running, 102. 



Rupestrine : growing naturally on rocks. 



Ruptile ; bursting irregularly. 



Riisty : see FeiTugineous. 



Rutacea;, 405. 



Rye, 498. 



SdbuUne, or sdbulose: growing in sand. 



Saccate, sdcciform : sac-shaped, 278. 



Sac of the amnios, 304. 



Saffron, 491, 437. 



Sdgiitate : arrow-headed, or an'ow- 



shapcd ; lanceolate with a lobe at 



the base on each side pointing 



backwards ; fig. 252. 

 Sago, 481, 485. 

 Salep, 489, 



Salicacese, or Salicinije, 478. 

 Salicine, 478. 

 Saline, salsuginous : growing in salt 



places, or impregnated with salt. 

 Satver-shaped : tubular and the border 



spreading flat at right angles to the 



tube ; 277, fig. 457. 

 Salviniea!, 502. 

 Samara : a key or winged indehiscent 



fruit, 314, fig. 577, 578. 

 Sdmaroid: resembling a samara. 

 Sambucca;, 431. 

 Sandal-wood, 414, 469. 

 Santalacese, 468. 

 Sap,_ 53, 190. 

 Sapindacese, 409. 

 Sap-green, 408. 

 Sapodilla Plum, 443. 

 Sapotacese, 443. 

 Sap-vxod, 35, 124, 126. 

 Sdrcocarp : the fleshy part of a drupe, 



310, 312. 

 Sai-mentdceous : bearing or resembling 

 Sarments : runners or long and flexible 



branches. 

 Sarraceniacese, 387. 

 Sarsaparilla, 493. 



