JNDEX AND VOCABULAEY. 505 
Pi kit. Ihiits, 80, 87. 
Putvar'ident. Turning to dust. 
Pn'milns. Small, low. 
Punc'tate. Appealing dotted. See Perforated. 
Pungent. Sharp, acrid, piercing. 
Purpu'reus. Purple. 
Pusil'lus. Diminutive, low. 
Puta'men. A hard shell. 
87, a. 
Pyrid'ion, 96. 
Pyr'iform. Pear-shaped. 
Pyro'lcE^ 475. 
Pythag'oras^ 220. 
Pyx' ides, 91. 
Quadran'ffular. Having four comers or angles. 
Quater'nate. Four together. 
Qui'nate. Five together. 
Quincun'ciai. When the pieces of the flower 
are five in number, of which two are interior, 
two exterior, and one covered at one edge by 
one of the exterior, while its other edge over- 
lies that of one cf the inner parts. 
Ba'ceme. (From rai, a bunch of grapes, a clus- 
ter.) 84, Fig. 92, a. 
Racemose. Resembling a raceme. 
Ra'ces^ 322, 
Ra'chis. The common stalk to which the florets 
and spikeleta of grasses are attached ; as in 
wheat-heads. Also, the midrib of some leaves 
and fronds, 84, 85, Fig, 94, c. 
Ra'diate. The ligulate florets around the margin 
of a compound flowei. 
Ra'diated animals. 
Rad'ical. Growing from the root. 
Rad'icle. (From radix, a root,) The part of the 
embryo which becomes the root ; the miimte 
fibers of roots are called radicles, 101, 114. 
Ra'7tieus. Proceeding from the branches. 
Ramif'erous. Producing branches. 
Ra'mose, Branching. 
root, 32. 
Ra'mus. A branch. 
RANUNCDLA'cEa:, 400. 
Ranun'culus family, 233, 
Rapk'ides, 117, c. 
Ray. The outer margin of compound flowers. 
349. 
Recep'tacle. The end of a flower-stalk ; the base 
to which the different parts of fructification are 
usually attached. 
Recep'tacle, 85. 
of the fruit, 87, b. 
Reclin'ed. Bending over, with the end inclining 
toward the ground. 
Rec'tus. Straight. 
Recurved. Curved backward. 
Red'-bud (Judas'-tree), 216. 
Red'-snow, 318. 
Reed, 175. 
Reflex'ed. Bent backward, more than recurved. 
Rcfrig erant. (From refrigero, to cool.) Cool- 
ing medicines. 
Regions of the wine-grape, 187, a. 
Hcg'mate, 92, 
Ren'iform. Kidney-shaped ; heart-shaped, with- 
out the point. 
leaf, 54, b. 
R^and'. Slightly serpentine, or waving on the 
edge. 
Repens', Creeping. 
Reproduc'tive organs, 65. 
RuSKDA CV,JE. 
Res'in, 140, c. 
Respira'tion of plants, 61, 122. 
Reau'pinate. Upside down. 
Retic tdate. Veuis crossing each other like net- 
work. 
Retuse'. Having a slight notch in the end, leu 
than emarginate. Fig. 52, B. 
Revers'ed. Bent back toward the base. 
Rev'olute. Rolled backward or outward. 
Rhamna'ce^e, 441. 
Rkizo'ma, 35, 43. 
Rhizophora'ce^, 450. 
Rhododen'drce, 475. 
Rhododen' dron, 218. 
Rhom'boid. Diamond-form. 
Rib. A ridge caused by prc jecting veins. 
Rib' and-like. Broader than linear. 
Rice, 200. 
Rigid. Stifi", not pliable. 
Ring. The band around the capsules of foriUk 
Ringent. (From ringo, to grin.) 72. 
flowers, 236, 237. 
Rivan'nus, 349. 
Roots, 30, 31, 38. 
of grasses, 173. 
, viviparous, 173. 
, stoloniferous, 173. 
Root'let. A fiber of a root, a little root 
Rosa'ckje, 445. 
Rosa'ccous, 73. 
Rose, 15. 
tribe, 228. 
Ro'scus. Rose-colored. 
Ros'tel. The pointed p!irt of the embryo, which 
tends downward at the first germination of th« 
seed. 
Rostrate. Having a prctuberance like a birdV 
beak. 
Rot, 3*e4, 5th. 
Rotate. (From rota, a wheel.) Wheel-fornu 
Rotun'dus. Round. 
Rough-leavQA plants, 184. 
Rubia'ce*, 466. 
Rubra. Red. 
Ru'bus. Red. 
Rue, 216, a. 
Ru'fous. Reddish-yellow. 
Ru'gose. Wrinkled, Fig. 62, a. 
Run'cinate. Having large teeth pointmg baCK* 
ward, as the dandeUon, Fig. 56, c. 
Run'ner, 43, 
Rupes'tris. Growing among rocks. 
Rust, 324. 
Ruta'ce ffi, 433. 
Sage, 167, Fig. 197. 
Sag'ittal. Arrow-form. 
Sagitta'ria, 278. 
Sagittate, 54, h, 
Salica'ce^, 525. 
Salicor'iiia, 165. 
Salif'erous. Bearing or producing salt. 
Sal'sus. Salt-tasted. 
Salts contained in plants, 312. 
Salv'er-\'orm. Corolla with a flat spreading hot 
der proceeding abruptly from the top of a tube 
Sam'ara, 90. 
Sam'phire, 165. 
Santala'ck^, 510. 
Sap, 119, 119, a ; 121, 122, 123, 128. 
, its chemical composition, 142. 
wood, 119. 
Sapinda'ce^;, 438. 
Sa'por. Having taste. 
Sarmentose'. Running on the ground, and strik- 
ing root from the joints only, as the strawberry. 
Sar'cocarp. (From 5ori, flesh, and karpo$t 
fruit.) 87. 
Sarrace'nia, 230, Fig. 174. 
Sarracenia'ckje, 408. 
Sarsaparil'la, 283. 
Sas'safras, 213. 
SAT'KURA'ciKiE, 514. 
