Plumose, bearing a resemblance to feathers ;
feathery.
Plumule, th e ascending shoot of a seedling.
Pud, a kind of seed-vessel similar to th a t of the
common pea.
Pollen, farina, or dust, contained withm tn e cells
of th e anthers when p e rfe c t; it is essential to
fructification.
Polyimdrous, having more th an 20 stamens in serted
in th e receptacle.
Polygamous, producing male, female, and h e r maphrodite
fiowers on th e same plants.
Polypetalous, having many petals.
Pome, a fruit composed o fth e fleshy tu b u la r part
of th e caiyx, and crowned by th e persistent
limb.
Pouch, a small bag, or sac, a t th e base of some
petals and sepais.
Prick le , a rigid opaque process terminating in
an acute point, unconnected with th e woody
fibre.
Procumbent, p ro stra te .
Puberulous, clothed with spreading down.
Pubescent, covered with sh o rt soft hairs.
P u n c tu re d , dotted.
P u ta 7nc7i, a n u t of many cells.
P y r a 77iidal, formed like a pyramid.
P y re næ , a kind of fruit, synonymous with the
term Pome.
P y r ifo rm , shaped like a pear.
Q.
Quadraxigular, having four angles.
Quadrifarious. arranged in four rows ; or ranks.
Quadrrfid, four-parted ; divided into four parts.
(iuinquejid, five-parted ; divided in to five parts.
R.
Raceme, a mode of inflorescence in which the
flowers are arranged around a simple filiform
axis, each p articula r flower on its own proper
footstalk.
Racemule, a small raceme.
Rachis, th e common footstalk of spikes or panicles
of flowers, and of compound leaves; tlie axis of
th e cone of th e silver fir and tlie cedar.
Radiant, divided like th e rays of a star.
Radicle, th e root of an embryo.
Ranicniaceous, having small loose scales upon th e
stem.
Ramose, branched.
Raphe, in seeds, th e channel of vessels which con-
nects th e chalaza a t one end of th e seed-vessel
with th e hilum a t th e other.
Receptacle, th a t p a rt of th e fructification which
supports th e otlier parts.
Recurved, curved backwards.
Reficxed, bent backwards.
Ji(fg?/m,akindof seed-vessel, th ree or more celled,
few-seeded, superior, dry, th e cells b ursting
from th e axis with elasticity into two valves.
Reniform, kidney-shaped. ^
Repand, when th e margin of a leaf has a wavy
undulated, appearance, th e leaf is said to be
repand.
Replicate, folded back.
Relicidated, net-like, usually applied to th e veins
or nerves.
Retuse, ending in a broad shallow notch, appearing
as if bitten off a t th e end.
Revolute, rolled back.
Rhombic, I a figure approaching to a diamond.
Hho7/iboid,} shape.
Rigid, stiff.
Ringent, gaping.
Rotate, wheel-shaped: a monopetalous corolla,
having a very sh o rt tube and a fiat limb, is
called rotate.
Rufescent, somewhat rusty.
Rrigose, rough, or coarsely wrinkled.
Runcinate, cu t into several transve rse acute segments
which point backwards.
Sagittate, arrow-shaped, shaped like th e head of
an arrow.
Salver-shaped, applied to tb e calyx or corolla
when th e tube is long and slender, and the
limb flat.
S a77iara, a kind of winged seed-vessel containing
one or more seeds, surrounded, or partially
surrounded, by a th in tran sp a ren t membrane.
Samarideous, bearing samarsfi.
Sarnientose, producing trailin g stems which root
a t every joint.
Scabrous, rough from little asperities.
Scale, a term usually applied to th e bracte® of
th e amentum or c a tk in ; also bractea; of cones.
Scale fo rmed , having th e form of scales.
Scaly, having scales. ,
Scandent, climbing.
Scape, a stem rising immediately from th e root,
bearing flowers only, or, a t most, flowers and a
few bracteee.
Scarious, dry and membranous.
Scobiform, formed of a very th in , hollow, membranous
aril, containing a globular free seed in
its cavity.
Secund, arranged on one side only.
Semi, half.
Seminiferous, seed-bearing.
Sepaloid, resembling sepals.
Sepals, divisions of th e ca iyx.
Septicidal, dividing a t th e dissepiments to admit
th e escape of seeds.
Septiferous, having septa or partitions.
Serrate, like th e tee th of a saw.
Serrulate, finely notched, like th e tee th of a very
fine saw.
Sessile, without stalks.
Seta, a b ris tle ; a strong, stiff, roundish h air.
Setaceom, resembling a bristle in form.
Setigerous, bearing bristles.
Setose, bristly ; clothed witli bristles.
Sheath, th e lower part of a lea f or petiole which
surrounds th e stem.
Shield, a broad table-like process in some flowers,
also th e seed-vessel in lichens.
Silicle, a kind of pod, sh o rt and round, with two
valves, and having its seeds attaclied to both
sutures. , . ,
Silique, a long and narrow dry seed-vessel with
two valves, the seeds of which are alternately
fixed to both sutures.
Sinuated, cut into scollops.
Sinus, a notch or cavity,
Sorosis, a spike or raceme converted into a fleshy
fruit by th e cohesion, in a single mass, of the
ovaria and floral envelopes.
Spathaceous, having a spatlie; spathe-like.
Spathulate, shaped like a spatula.
Sphacelate, withered, b u t n o t decayed.
Spicate, having an inflorescence in which the
flowers arc sessile, or nearly so, upon one long
common footstalk, or rachis.
Spine, a th o rn which proceeds from th e wood,
not from th e bark only.
Spinescent, furnished with spine-like processes.
Spinule, a small spine.
Spurred, having horn-like processes, produced
by various parts of a flower.
Squarrose, ra g g e d ; scurfy.
Stamen, th e male organ of a flower.
Staminodia, scales a t th e base of th e petals in
some flowers, as in those of some species of
lime.
Standard, th e upper petal m papilionaceous
flowers.
Stellate, radiating in a star-like m anner.
Sle7n.clasping, th e petiole of a lea f which is
dilated so as to enfold th e stem with its base
is said to be stem-clasping.
Stipe, th e stalk of th e germen or ovary withm
th e corolla and c a ly x ; th e tru n k of a tree -
fern, &c.
Stipitate, furnished with a stipe.
Stipule, a small leaf or membrane at th e base of
tn e petiole.
ty p u la te , having stipules,
jo in t f ™“ '’’ ' ’‘“"■••‘S runne rs wliich root a t the
Stomata, pores o f th e epidermis.
S tn a ted . streaked.
/ ' ’" t o stiffh airs.
„ d £ t e ‘=rni is also applied to
m ? n o lia ° “ produced by the
“ oÍ I o' h“ ' «'‘'■ol' is sitMted
L i t e ™ / elevates th e stigma.
00 r o m S L t ic “ ‘ “ ‘ ■’■‘" “ “ to somewhat round.
S-i^ffi-uticose, ra th e r shrubbv
Sulcate, furrowed.
J’Ofofofofo? shoots; suckers; stems o f mo.sscs.
yo«»? shoots.
, í n íi“® t»y p arts, usually applied to thteli ef rcuoiht.esion o f two
Sycon a fleshy rachis, having the form of a
h.Íh » ^ hollow receptacle, with
th e f i ? dry pericarpia, as in
O‘o " " s by which some
plants lay hold of others, as th e vine.
le re te , long and ro u n d ; straw-like.
I erminal, a t th e end.
'U rn a ry , consisting of threes.
* S t e £ S e q U i e 7 ‘“ ‘’“ft " tern a te.
frf/n ts 'te a rta® " to 'to to of a seed, containing
Tetragonal, four-angled.
Tetragonous, having four angles.
r l V f f inflorescence in a dense
T ffp s u s J or close panicle, as in th e lilac.
In y rso id , resemoling a thyrse.
l»drs closely matted
together, and soft to th e touch.
ioothed, so divided as to resemble teeth.
loothleted, having small teeth
inversely conical; having a contrac-
_ tio n towards th e point.
Tortuous, twisted.
Torulose having slight swellings.
Torus, th e receptacle when somewhat elevated.
17 ailing. Sarmentose.
Trapezoidal, bea ring a resemblance in form to
th a t of a trapezium, o r quadrila te ral figure,
5des °pSaUeL
Trapezoideo-cordate, a form between th a t of a
trapezium and th a t of a hea rt.
TricAomwoMs, branches dividing into threes.
Im jid , three-cleft.
Trifoliate, having th ree leaves.
Trifoliolate, having three leaflets.
Trigonal, 3-angled.
Trigynous, having th ree styles.
Ti-iple-nerved, 3-nerved.
Triqueti-ous, 3-sided.
Truncate, blunt, as if cu t off.
Tube, the cylindrical part of a flower.
Tubercle, a h ttle knob.
Tuberculate, covered with little knobs o r tuber-
Tubulous, having a tu b u la r calyx, corolla, nectar}
®, stem, or leaf.
Tufted, forming a dense tuft.
T umid, swelling.
Turbinate, top-shaped.
/ ’«/•¿•fd, puffed up ; swollen.
Umbellate, having th e flowers in round flat heads,
c e n t r e '" ”'“ Proceeding from one common
Umbellule, a small um b e l; a division o f an
umbel.
Umbilicate, hollowed like th e navel.
Umbilicus, th e cord which attaches th e seed to
th e placenta.
a projecting point in th e centre, like th e
bo,ss m an ancient shield.
Umlfonaie, having an umbo.
Unctuous, o ily ; (at.
Undulate, waved.
Unguiculate, furnished with a claw, or an uneuis
as tiie petals o f th e pink.
Urceolar, > . ,
Urceolate, j Pitcher-shaped.
^'^or?pitcher bellying out in th e form
Utricle, a little bladder.
V.
Valvate, opening by valves.
Valvular, consisting o f valves.
Vaulted, formed like th e roof o f a vault
Velvety, covered with soft down, like velvet.
Ventricose, inflated ; swelled out.
Vernation, th e disposition of th e young or growing
leaves within th e bud.
Vep-ucose, warted ; covered with fleshy processes
in lorm resembling warts.
Versatile, vane-like : an an th e r fixed in the
centre on th e point of th e filament, so as to
be continually changing its position, is said to
be versatile.
Verticel, a mode of inflorescence in which the
iiowers surround th e stem in a kind of rinc^
though not, perhaps, inserted on all sides of it
but merely on two opposite ones.
Verticillate, growing in wliorls round th e stem.
Vexillum, th e standard, or banner (th e upper
petal), of a papilionaceous, or pea, flower.
V is c id ’ ) ‘°«®®
clammy ^ adhesive.
Vittæ, longitudinal ducts or canals, containing an
oily o r resinous substance, found within the
coai, of th e carpels of some umbelliferous
plants.
W.
Wavy, undulated.
mversely triangular, with rounded
Wlio7-l, a disposition of leaves or flowers round
th e stem, resembling the spokes round th e nave
o f a wheel.
Wing a membranous b o rd e r, a membrane a ttached
to some kinds of seeds, by which they are
S p î ï ï e floating from place
Winged, furnished with a wing or wings
fiowe/^® side petals of a papilionaceous, or pea.
Woolly, covered with hairs closely matted to.
ger.ner. ''
Wrinkled, having an unequal surface.
Zigzag, bending from side to side.
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