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Prolif’erous. A flower ts said to be promrerous when it has smaller 
ones growing out of it. : : 
Prop. ‘Tendrils and other climbers. 
Proz/imus. Near. 
Pseudo. When prefixed to a word, 1t implies obsolete, or false. 
Pubes’cent. Hairy, downy, or woolly, 
Pulp. The juicy cellular substance of berries and other fruits. 
Pulver’ulent. ‘Turning to dust. 
Pu/milus. Small, low. i 
Punciate. Appearing dotted as if pricked. See Perforated. 
Pungent. Sharp, acrid, piercing. 
Purpu’reus. Purple. rau 
Pusil/lus. Diminutive, low. 
Puta/men. A hard shell. 
Quadrun’gular. Having four corners or anzles— 
Quater’nate. Four together. 
Quinate. Five together. t 
R. 
Raceme, (from raz, a bunch of grapes, a ciustef.) That kind of inflo- 
rescence in which the flowers are arranged by Simple pedicels on 
the sides of a common peduncle; as the currant. 
Ra’chis. The common stalk to which the florets and spikelets of” 
grasses are attached; as in wheat heads. Also the midrib of some. 
leaves and fronds. 
eee The legulate florets around the margin of:a compound 
ower. 
Radix. A root; the lower part of the plant, which performs the office 
of attracting moisture from the soil, and communicating it to the 
other parts of the plant. P ‘ 
Radical. Growing from the root. 
The part of the corculum which afterwards forms the root: 
also the minute fibres of a root. 
Ramif’erous. Producing branches. 
Ramus. A branch. 
Ray. The outer margin of compound flowers, 
Receptacle. The end of a flower stalk; the base to which _- —-acr=™ 
ent parts of the organs of fructification are usually attached. 
Recli’ned. Bending over with the end inclining towards the ground. 
Rectus. Straight. 
‘Recurv’ed. Curved backwards. 
Refleced. Bent backwards more than recurved. 
Refrig’erant, (from refrigero, to cool.) Cooling medicines. 
Re’niform. Kidney-shaped, heart-shaped without the point. 
Repand. Slightly serpentine, or waving on the edge. 
Repens. Creeping. 
Resu/pinate, Upside down. 
Retic‘ulate Veins crossing each other like net-work. 
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