Part 73

Pome. A fleshy fruit, as the apple.

Posterior. The back side of a flower, next to the axis of inflorescence.

Prickle. A small spine growing from the bark.

Puberulent. Minutely pubescent.

Puberulous. Minutely pubescent.

Pubescence. A covering of short, soft hairs.

Pubescent. Covered with short, soft hairs.

Punctate. Dotted with translucent or colored dots or pits.

Raceme. A simple inflorescence of flowers on pedicels of equal length arranged on a common, elongated axis (rachis). Page XIV.

Racemose. Resembling a raceme.

Rachis. The central axis of a spike or raceme of flowers or of a compound leaf.

Recurved. Curved downward or backward.

Reticulate. Netted.

Rough. Harsh to the touch; pubescent.

Rugose. Wrinkled.

Samara. An indehiscent winged fruit.

Sapwood. The living outer portion of a trunk or large branch of a tree between the heartwood and the bark.

Scales. Small modified leaves, usually thin and scarious, seen in buds and cones; the flakes into which the outer bark often divides.

Scaly. Provided with scales.

Scarious. Thin, dry, membranaceous; not green.

Scurfy. Covered with small bran-like scales.

Seed. The ripened ovule.

Sepal. One of the divisions of a calyx. Page XIII.

Serrate. Toothed, the teeth sharp and pointing forward. Page XIII.

Sessile. Without a stalk.

Shrub. A bushy, woody growth, usually branched at or near the base, less than 15 feet in height.

Simple. Of one piece; not compound.

Sinuate. Strongly wavy. Page XIII.