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GLOSSARY. 
Quadrifarious. Arranged in quadrangular rows, as the leaves 
of Kalosanthes. 
Quadrifid. Divided four times. 
Quaternary. Occurring in successive fours. 
Quinquefid. Five times separated; divided into five. 
Raceme. A common arrangement of the inflorescence, in 
which the flowers are placed round an unbranched stem, 
one above another. 
Racemose. Flowering in racemes. 
Rachis. The principal stem of a spike or raceme of flowers. 
Radiant, Radiate. Diverging from the centre, descriptive of 
a composite flower whose lower florets extend further from 
the disc than those in the centre. 
Radical. Proceeding from the root; suckers are radical shoots. 
Radicant. Stems which throw out roots in their upward pro¬ 
gress are called radicant. 
Radicle. The principal or tap root. 
Radiculi. The small roots produced from the stem. 
Ramose. Branching. 
Ramuli. Small, subdivided branches ; twigs. 
Receptacle. The bottom part or support of the fructification. 
Recesses. The hollows or sinuses of .a lobed leaf. 
Recurved. Bent backward. 
Reflexed. Synonymous with the above. 
Reniform. Kidney-shaped. 
Rep and. Wavy; having an irregularly undulating margin. 
Replicate. Folded back. 
Resupinate. Changed in position; turned completely round, 
as the back to the front. 
Reticulate. When the ramification of the nerves resemble 
network. 
Retuse. Terminating abruptly in a blunt point. 
Revolute. Rolled together ; curled backwards. 
Ribs. The projecting veins of a leaf or petal. 
Rigid. Stiff; firmly erect; rough. 
Ringent. Having a wide throat; gaping. 
