reclinate 



Regularity 



Hy'brids, hybrids between the 

 same parents, each being fertilized 

 by the other. 



Tec'lina.te,redina'tu>i ( Lat. , bent back), 

 turned or bent downward ; re- 

 cli'ned, recli'ning, having its base 

 on the ground, also one plant 

 pressed on another. 



reclu'sus (Lat., laid open), improperly 

 used for iiicfusus. 



recon'ditus (Lat., concealed), hidden, 

 not readily seen. 



Recrudes'cence (recrudesco, to open 

 afresh), the production of a young 

 shoot from a ripened inf ructescence. 



rectiflo'rus (rectiis, straight, /ox, floris, 

 a flower), where the axe; of the 

 florets are parallel to the main 

 axis of the inflorescence, as in some 

 Compositae ; rectiner'ved, nctiner'- 

 vis, -rius (nernix, a nerve) ; rec- 

 tive'nius (rena, a vein), straight- 

 veined, parallel-veined, as in 

 grasses ; Rectipetal'ity (peto, I seek), 

 Voechting's term to express the 

 tendency of organs to grow in a 

 straight line ; rectise'rial (series, a 

 row), in straight ranks ; rec'tus, 

 in a right line, straight, not 

 curved. 



recur'vate, recur'ved, recur' nts (Lat., 

 bent back), curved backward or 

 downward. 



recuti'tus (Lat., skinned), apparently 

 bare of epidermis. 



red, a general te-m for the most 

 vivid of the primary colours, in 

 Latin ruber ; brown, porphyr&us 

 according to Lindley ; ~ Snow, 

 discolouration of snow by Haema- 

 tococcux nivalis, Agardh, etc. 

 Redu'ced Ves'sels, a term used by 

 Rothert for (a) replacement of 

 bordered pits by simple pits, (b) 

 an incomplete development of the 

 thickening bands and their looser 

 arrangement. 



Reduc'tlon (reductio, a leading back), 

 diminution, as of the number of 

 chromosomes in nuclear division; 

 Division = NUCLEAR REDUCTION. 

 redu'plicate, reduplica'tiis (Lat., 

 doubled) = redu'plicative, redupli- 



cati'vus, doubled back, a term of 

 aestivation when the edges are 

 valvate and reflexed ; Reduplica'- 

 tion, an increase of parts by the 

 insertion of additions on the same 

 plan, as of whorls, etc. 



reflec'ted (reflecto, I bend back), 

 reflexed. 



reflexed', reflex' -us (Lat., bent back), 

 abruptly beut or turned downward 

 or backward ; Reflexion, a terato- 

 logical change in position. 



Reflores'cence (refloresco, to blossom 

 anew), flowering again, a second 

 blossoming. 



refract'ed, refrac'tus (Lat., broken), 

 bent sharply from the base back- 

 ward. 



Regenera'tion (regeneratio, a repro- 

 duction), vegetative growth after 

 amputation and the drying of the 

 wound. 



Regermina'tion (regermino, I sprout 

 again), resumption of germination 

 after it has been completely inter- 

 rupted (L. H. Bailey). 



Re'gion, the area occupied by given 

 forms; ~ of Distribution, Watson's 

 term for the British regions defined 

 by him. 



Re'gma (p^y/ua, a fracture), a fruit 

 with elastically opening segments 

 or cocci, as in Euphorbia, a form 

 of schizocarp ; Re'gmacarp, Reyma- 

 car'pium (Kaptros, fruit), a general 

 name for a dry and dehiscent fruit. 



Regression (regressio, a retreat), 

 Galton's term for REVERSION ; re- 

 gres'sus (Lat., gone back), (1) the 

 same as REFLEXUS ; (2) the change 

 from one organ into that which 

 preceded it, as of petals into sepals. 



reg'ular, rertuta'ris (Lat. , according to 

 rule), uniform or symmetrical in 

 shape or structure ; of a flower, ac- 

 tinomorphic ; ~ Pelo'ria, peloria 

 which have not produced their nor- 

 mal irregular parts ; regulariflor'ous 

 (flos, florin, a flower), when a disk 

 or head of Compositae contains 

 only tubular florets; regulariform'is 

 (forma, shape), approximating 

 regularity ; Regularity, symmetry. 



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