GLOSS All Y. HI 



Date, not resolTing at any time into Be plum; a p< r4stent plaeenta), or ai*r» 

 separate leaflets, as the thel'ea, Fetch. gin in certain seeds. 

 Puberolent; covered with a niinute pu- Resupinate; inverted. 



beseence. late; netted. 



Pubcs ence; a general term for the hairy 1! troflex ; bending in. various directions. 

 covering of plants. Retrorseorretrwrsely; turned backwards. 



Pubescent; hairy, having hairs of any Retuse; wl is slightly indent- 



kind, ed or hollowed out. 



Pulp; the soft. juiey. cellular substance Reversed; bent back towards the base. 



found ind similar fruits. Revolute; rolled- backwards. 



Pulverulent; powdi Rhoizoma; a Horizontal subterranean 



Pulvinate; cushion-like. stem. 



Punctate; dotted. Rhomboidal; oral, but somewhat angu- 



Puncticulate; having minute dots. laratthem 



Pungent; si srp-pointed, or prickly at Rhomboid; when the midrib of a leaf 



rid. sends off marked lateral ones. 



Putam n : a put-shell, illel ridges or nerves extend* 



lal; tap ring upwards. ing from near the base to the apex. 



Pyriform ; pear-shaped. . inflexible. 



Pyridium-; a capsule with a transverse Rimose; full of cb.ir.ks or clefts. 



nee. Ringent; grinning; applied to a form of 



be flower?; 

 Quadrangular; four-cornered. Rool : the descending axis of a plant, 



Quadrifarious ; in tour rows or directions, Rooting; sending out lateral roots. 

 pointing or facing four ways. Roe lary root or fibre, 



Quadrifid; four cleft. Rosaceous; having a corolla liko a rose. 



ate ; four together. beaked. 



Quinate; arranged in fives. Hate; with a small beak. 



Rosulate; arranged in the form of a 



Raceme; an inflorescence having the Fheel-shaped. [rosette. 



flowers supported on pedicels along a Rugged or Rough; covered with small 



as] erities. 

 Racemose; flowering in racemes. i nt; a term applied to an organ 



Rachis; the axis of inflorescence; or the that is imperfectly developed. 



general petiole in pinnate leaves. Rufescent ; becoming reddish-orange or 



Radiant or Radiate; diverging from a rutty. 



common centre, furnished with rays. Rufous; reddish-brown or rust-colored. 

 Radio ing directly from the Rugose; wrinkled, having small folds tr 



elevations. 

 secondary roots, rootlets. Rugolose; finely wrinkled. 



Radicating: sending out roots at the Ruminated; when the albumen has a 



wrinkled or folded appearance. 

 Rameal; belonging to the branches. Runcinate; pinnatifid, with the divi- 



Ramenta ; the scales or persistent remains sions pointing backwards. 



of leaves or other jiarts of the plant. Runner; a shoot producing leaves and 

 Ramentaceous ; covered with ramenta. roots at the end. 

 Ramo«e; branched, branching. 



Raphe; the ridge or part connecting the Saccate; having or resembling a small 



hilum and clialaza. tate; arrow-headed. [sac 



Raphides; minute crystals in the cellu- Salver-shaped; a monopetalous corollo, 



lar tissue. with a flat spreading limb. 



Ray; the outer florets of a compound Samara; an indehbeent. winged pericar p. 

 flower: Sap: the watery fluid absorbed by the 



Receptacle : the base on which the parts spongioles of a plant, and affording it 



of fructification are seated. nourishment. 



Reclin d or reclinate; inclined down- Sapwood; albumen, the outer layer. 

 Recurved; bent downwards. [wards. Sarcoearp; the fleshy or pulpy coat of a 

 Reduplicate; with the edgis folded or pericarp, between the epicarp and exo- 



turned outwards. carp. 



Reflexed: bent backwards. Sarmentbse; a running shoot, rooting at 



Regular; having the parts equal and its joints, 

 uniform; as the divisions of the calyx Scabrous; rough. 



or corolla. Scales; thin membraneous processes, at* 



Remote : distant. tached to the cuticle, &c. 



Renifoim; kidney-shaped. Scandant; climbing usually by tendril?. 



Repand: spread, having a curved or Scape; a radical peduncle, or flowtr 



sinuous margin. stem. 



Replicate ; bent back en itself. Soarious: dry and membraneous, 



