GLOSSARY. 



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Pollin'a; the pollen masses of Milk- 

 weed. 



Posterior ; next the axis. 



Precocious; Howcriuj^ before the leaves. 



PriniiHe; 18. 



Procumbent ; rcpting on the ground. 



Produced ; extending more than usual. 



Proliforoup ; where clusters of flowers 

 aritie from another cluster. 



Pruiuous ; powdered, as if frosted. 



Pseudo (in Greek composition) ; spuri- 

 ous. 



Puberulent; minutely downy. 



Pubescent ; downy with short hairs. 



Pulverulent ; covered with fine i)o\vdcr. 



Punctate ; marked with minute dots. 



Pungent ; sh.irp-pointed. piercing. 



Putamen ; the bony nucleus of a drupe. 



Pyramidal ; form of a cone or pyramid. 



Pyriform; pear-shaped. 



Pyxis ; a pericarp with a lid. 



Quadri (in composition) ; four, 

 ^uadrifoliate ; four-leaved. 

 Quiulri jugate ; four pairs of leaflets. 

 Qainate ; growing in lives. 

 (^uincuuciai ; when the pieces are five in 



number, of which two are exterior. 

 Quinque (in composition) ; five. 

 Quintuple ; fivefold. 



Race ; a permanent variety. 

 Rachis ; axis of the inflorescence. 

 Radiate ; diverging from a common 



center. 

 Radiant; outer flowers enlarged. 

 Radical ; near or belonging to the root. 

 Ramial : of a branch. 

 Raphe ; 25. 



Rei urved ; bent (not rolled) backward. 

 Retlexed ; curved backward. 

 Refracted; bent suddenly, as if broken. 

 Regma ; fruit, as of Geranium. 

 Regular; of uniform shape and size. 

 Reniform; kidney-shaped. 

 Repand ; wavy. 

 Repent; creeping. 

 Resuspinate ; upside-down. 

 Retrorse; backward, downward. 

 Revolute ; rolled backward. 

 Rhombic ; in the figure of a rhomb. 

 Rostrate; beaked. 

 Rosulate ; (leaves) arranged, around the 



base of the stem. 

 Rotate ; wheel-shaped. 

 Rubicund ; rosy-red. 

 Rugous ; wrinkled. 

 Run)inated (albumen); full of chinks, 



as if composed of folds. 

 Runcinate : hooded backward. 



Sacc.nte ; bag-like. 



8ai:iitiite ; arrow-shaped. 



Samara ; 2i. 



Scabrous ; rough. 



Scalariform ; ladder-shaped. 



Scales ; reduced leaves, or any small and 



thin appendages. 

 Scaly ; beset with scales. 



Scarions ; very thin and colorlcsp. 



Scorbiculate ; pitied with little depres- 

 sions. 



Scurfy ; covered with minute scales. 



Secund ; one-sided. 



Secundiue ; 17. 



Serrate; with the margin cut like a 

 saw. 



Serrulate ; finely serrate. 



Sessile; not raised on a stalk. 



Sheath ; the base of a leaf when wrap- 

 ped round the stem. 



Semicordate ; half of cordate. 



Semilunar; halfmoon-shaped. 



Seplicidal;31. 



Sericeous ; silky. 



Setous ; bearing bristles. 



Sinuate ; with the margins cut into 

 rounded incisions which are sepa- 

 rated by rounded lobes. 



Specific; pertaining to the species. 



Spiny ; armed with spines. 



Spur ; an appendage of the calyx or 

 corolla. 



Squarrous ; spreading widely, as the 

 scales of the Composites. 



Stellate ; radiating from a common cen- 

 ter. 



Sterile ; not fruitful. 



Stipe ; the stalk of the ovary, etc. 



Strap-shaped ; flat, narrow, and straight. 



Strict ; erect and very straight. 



Strigous ; with sharp, close, rigid hairs. 



Strophiolate ; having an appendago 

 abcuit the hilum. 



Suberous ; corky in texture. 



Subulate ; awl-sliaped. 



Succulent ; very juicy and cellular. 



SuftViitescent ; woody at the base only. 



Sulcate; furrowed. 



Sui)eraxillary ; situated above the axil. 



Superior ovary ; 14. 



Supra-decompound ; very much divided. 



Syconus (fruit) ; as the Fig. 



Syn (in Greek compounds) ; union. 



Syucarpous ; 10. 



Tawny; fulvous, dull yellowish brown. 

 Taxonomy ; science of classification. 

 Tegmen ; the inner seed-coat. 

 Terete ; cylindrical. 

 Terminal ; situated at the end of the 



apex. 

 Ternate ; of three leaflets, three in a 



whorl. 

 Tesselated ; checkered, as a pavement. 

 Testa; the outer seed-coat. 

 Tetra (in Greek composition) ; four. 

 Tetragonal ; four corners. 

 Tetragynous ; four pistils. 

 Tetramerous : in parts of four. 

 Throat ; the orifice of a tubular corolla. 

 Tomentose; clothed with hair ; velvety. 

 Torose orTorulose; knotty, knobby. 

 Torus ; same as Receptacle. 

 Tricoccous (fruit) ; with three one- 



8'^eded carpels. 

 Tri.id ; split halfway into three parts, 

 i Trifoliate ; with three leaflets, 

 I Trigynoue ; thicc-styled. 



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