GLOSSARY 



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OUADRATK, four-sideil, s(|nnre, or nearh' 

 s(iLiave. 



liAi'K&iK, an inflorescence in which the 

 flowers are born on pedicels alont; a 

 single, undivided axis. 



Racemose, having racenies, raceuie-Uke. 



Radical, appUed to leaves or flowers 

 springing from or very near the root- 

 stock. 



Radicle, the rndimentar>- root of the 

 embryo. 



Receptacle, the i)oint of the peduncle 

 (above the calyx) upon which corolla, 

 stamens, and ovary are inserted; also 

 applied to the axis upon which a 

 head of capitate flowers is situated. 



Regular, uniform, symmetrical. 



Revolute, liaving the margins rolled out- 

 wards. 



Rhachis, or rachis, the axis of an inflores- 

 cence, or of a compound leaf. 



Rhizome, a stem of root-like appearance. 

 l>rostrate or underground, producing 

 roots below and stems above. 



Rosulate. collected into a rosette. 



Sagittate, applied to a leaf shaped like 



an arrow head. 

 Saprophyte, a plant which Hves upon 



dead organic matter. 

 Scandent, climbing. 

 Scape, a leafless flower-stalk arising from 



the ground. 

 Sepal, V. p. 45. 



Sepaloid. resembling a sepal. 

 Series, a row. 

 Serrate, witli regular pointed teeth, like 



a saw. 

 Sessile, without a. stalk. 

 Simple, consisting of a single ])iece. 

 Spadix, a spike with a fleshy axis. 

 Spathe, a large bract enclosing a flow^er- 



cluster. 

 Spathulate. oblong, with the lower i)art 



narrow and tapering. 

 Spike, an inflorescence bearing sessile 



flowers along a common axis. 

 Spinulose, with minute spines. 

 Sporadic, occurring here and there in a 



scattered manner. 

 Stamen, v. p. -13. 



Staminodia, false stamens, bearing no 

 anthers. 



Stellate, star-shape<l. 



Stigma, V. p. 43. 



Stipule, a leaf or scale-like appendage at 

 the l.)ase of the leaf-stalk. 



Stoma, stomata. ik ii. 39. 



Style, ('. p. 43. 



Sub-quadrate, nearly scjuare. 



Sucker, a shoot of subterranean origin. 



Siiperior, growing or i^laced above, usually 

 ai)plied tn the ovary when free from 

 the calyx; or to the caU'x when it 

 ai)pears to be above the ovary. 



Tkrete, circular in transverse section, 

 cylindric. and usually tapering, 



Ternate, in threes, as three in aA\horl or 

 cluster. 



Tetrangular, four-angled. 



Tetrandrous, having four sta,mens, tree 

 from the instil. 



Tomentum, short, soft, dense, cotton^' 

 hairs . 



Transpiration, r. p. 40. 



Triniorphic, occurring in three forms. 



Truncate, abruptly tex'ininated, as though 

 cut oli' at the end. 



Tubular, hollow and cylindrical. 



Tumid, having a blistered appearances- 

 swollen. 



Un'dul.vte, wavy in outline. 



Umbel, a flower cluster in which several 

 pedicels of about the same length 

 spring from one point, like the ribs 

 of an umbrella. An umbel is simple, 

 when each of its branches bears a 

 single flower ; comfwuitd, when each 

 ray l^ears a secondarj' umbel. 



Unicellular, formed of one cell. 



Vasculak, relating to or furnished with 



vessels. 

 Venation, the mode of veining. 

 Vernation, the order of unfolding from 



leaf-buds. 

 Volute, rolled up. 



Whorl, the arrangement of any organs 



in a circle around an axis. 

 Winged, with a membi-anous expansion 



attached. 



