GLOSSARY. 



Polyandry .— ^-The condition in which an indefinite number of 



stamens obtains. 

 Polymery. — The condition in which many members of a whorl 



are present. 

 Polypetalous. — Having free, distinct petals. 

 Polyphylly. — The increase in number of the members of a 



floral whorl. 

 Positive de'doublement. — Polyphylly. 



Primordium. — The immature developmental stage of an organ. 

 Raceme. — An indefinite inflorescence bearing stalked flowers 



along the rachis, the stalks of all being about equal in 



length. 



Racliilla. — The axis of the spikelet of Grasses. 



Receptacle. — In Thai ami florae, the " torus/ 5 viz. the basal 

 portion of the flower upon which all its members are 

 inserted. In Rosaceas, the " calyx-tube," viz. that part 

 of the flower enclosing the ovary, above which the 

 sepals, petals, and stamens are inserted. 



Rostellum. — The beak-like projection from the upper part of 

 the column in Orchids, representing the abortive anterior 

 stigma. 



Scorpioid. — Relating to a definite or cymose inflorescence in 

 which, the terminal flower occurs alternately right and 

 left, while the axis of the whole is circinnately coiled. 



Scutellum. — The intraseminal absorptive organ of the Grass- 

 embryo, having the morphological nature of the lamina 

 of the cotyledon. 



Septate. — Of an ovary which is divided by partitions into 

 loculi. 



Serial. — Of members of a whorl disposed .side by side in the 



median plane. 

 Solution. — Separation, breaking away. 

 Spicate. — Relating to a spike. 



Spike. — An indefinite inflorescence whose flowers are sessile 

 on the rachis. 



"Spike" (of Grasses). — A compound spike, or sometimes a 

 raceme. 



"Spike" (of Ophioglossaceae). — The fertile segment of the 

 sporophyll. 



"Spikelet." — In Grasses, the subsidiary division of the 

 inflorescence consisting of a short rachis bearing a few 

 flowers and enclosed by one or two glumes. 



Sporangiody. — The change into a sporangium. 



Sporangiophore. — The stalk, an outgrowth of the sporophyll^ 

 which bears the sporangia. 



