DICTIONARY OF TECHNICAL WORDS. 



Polygamous 



POEES (wood ves- 

 sels). 



PUTAMEN 



Pyrenes 



Raceme 



Rachis 



Raphides 



Receptacle or ... 

 Torus. 



Rhytidome 



Rugose ... 



Ruminated 



Saccate ... 



Scabrous 

 Sepals ... 

 Spadix ... 

 Spathe ... 



Stamen ... 



Staminodes 

 Stigma ... 



Stipules 



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Plants with flowers, sometimes hermaphrodite, some- 

 times unisexual, on the same or different stems. 



Tubes found in the fibrous tissue of broad-leafed 

 trees (not present in the Coniferse). Ihey are 

 solitary or variously grouped. 



The endocarp of a drupe which may be cartilagin- 

 ous or hard and woody. 



When there are several distinct stones or nuts in a 

 drupe each containing a seed they are called 

 pyrenes. 



An inflorescence in which the flowers are borne on 



pedicels along an undivided axis or rachis. 

 The axis of inflorescence. 



Microscopic crystals or amorphous masses of mineral 

 substances in the cells of plants. 



Is the extremity of the peduncle above the calyx on 

 which the corolla, &c.j are inserted. The 

 receptacle of inflorescence is the convex or flat 

 axis on which the flowers of a head or capitulum 

 are collected. 



Exterior dead part of the bark, separated by the 

 periderm from the living active region. 



When a surface is wrinkled or marked with irre- 

 gular raised or depressed lines it is so called. 



Albumen interrupted by folded plates of a diflferent 

 tissue. 



When the spurred petal of a corolla is ronnd like a 



small bag. 

 A surface rough to the touch. 

 Name of the folioles which compose the calyx. 

 A form of inflorescence enclosed in bracts or spathea. 

 A much developed bract or floral leaf enclosing the 



spadix. 



The male sexual organ, the 3rd verticel from the 



exterior of the complete flower, consisting of the 



anther and filament. 

 Are imperfect or rudimentary stamens. 

 The extremity of the style, the pollen-receiving 



surface of a female organ. 

 Small leafy or scaly appendages usually found at 



the base of the petiole. 



