INDEX 
697 
Puniceus (Lat.), bright carmine 
Pupunha, Badris 
Purging cassia, Cassia ; -flax, 
Linum 
Purple-heart (W. I.), Copaifera ; 
-lip (W. I.), Vanilla ; -loose- 
strife, Lythrum 
Pupureus (Lat.), purple 
Purslane, Portulaca\ sea-, Are- 
7 iaria 
Pusillus(Lat.), small, weak, slender 
Pustule, a pimple or blister 
Putamen, stone of a drupe 
Pygmaeus (Lat.), dwarf 
Pyrene, single stone of a drupe 
Pyriform, pear-shaped 
Pyxis, 108 
Quadri- (Lat. pref.), four- 
Quaquaversal, bending every way 
Quaternate, arranged in fours 
Quake-grass, Briza 
Quamash, Camas sia 
Quassia bark, Picraena 
Quebec oak, Quercus 
Queen-of-the-meadow, Ulmaria 
Queensland nut, Macadamia 
Quercitron bark, Quercus 
Quill- wort, Isoetes 
Quinary, in fives 
Quince, Pyrus ; Bengal-, Aegle 
Marmelos Corr. 
Quincuncial aestivation, 75 
Quinine, Cinchona 
Quinoa, Chenopodium 
Quinque- (Lat. pref.), five- 
q. v., quod vide, which see 
Raceme, 62 
Racemose, of racemes, or of race- 
mose type 
Rachis, 51 
Radial symmetry, 31, 73, 82 
Radiate stigma, 82 
Radical leaves, 5 1 
Radicans (Lat.), rooting 
Radicle, 36, 105, 111 
Radish, Raphanus ; horse- Coch- 
learia 
Radix Columba, Jateorhiza ; -Pa- 
reirae bravae Chondodendron 
Raf., Rafinesque 
Ragged robin, Lychnis 
Ragi, kurakkan, Eleusine 
Ragweed (Am.), Ambrosia\ -wort, 
Senecio 
Rain and plant distribution, 143 ; 
-leaves, 144 ; -tree, Andira^ 
Pithecolobium 
Rainy season, 151, 152 
Raisins, Vitis 
Rambong, Ficus elastica Roxb. 
Rambutan, Nephelium 
Ramenta, chaffy scales 
Ramie, rhea, Boehmeria 
Ramose, freely branching 
Rampion, Phyteuma 
Ramsons, Allium ursinum L. 
Ramsted (Am.), toadflax 
Ramtil (Hind.), Guizotia 
Range of houses, 7 
Rapaceus (Lat.), turnip-shaped 
Rape, Bras sic a ; broom-, Oro- 
banche\ -oil, Brassica 
Raphe, 82 
Raphides, 114 
Raspberry, Rubus ; blackcap-, 
Rubus 
Rate of increase, 23 
Rattan canes, Calamus , &c. 
Rattle-box (Am.), Crotalaria ; 
-wort (W. I.), Crotalaria ; 
yellow-, Rhmanthus 
Rattlesnake-grass (Am.), Glyceria 
canadensis Trin. ; -plantain 
(Am.), Goody era\ -weed (Am.), 
Hieracium venosum L. 
Ray flowers, Compositae , Umbelli- 
ferae 
Razor grass (W. I.), Scieria pterota 
Presl. 
Rchb., Reichenbach 
Recept., receptacle ; -of flower, 
66, 71, 88-91, in, 123; -of 
infl., 63 
Reclinate, bent downwards, 53 
Recording information, 15 
Rectipetality, tendency to grow in 
a straight line 
Recurrent (venation), veins return- 
ing towards midrib 
Recurved, bent back or down 
