Pu-bes´cent, clothed with soft and rather short hairs.

Ra´phe, the adherent funiculus connecting the hilum and chalaza in anatropous or amphitropous ovules or seeds.

Re-tic´u-late, in the form of network.

Root, the descending axis which is destitute of leaves or nodes.

Root stock, rhizome, a stem usually subterranean and more or less thickened, producing young branches.