RAFFLES1A CEAE 553 



Quinaria Rafin. (Vitis p.p. BH., Parthenocissns EP.}. Vitaceae. 10 



temp. As., Am. 

 Quinary, in fives. 



Quince, Cydoniavulgaris Pers.; Bengal-, Aegle Marmdos Corr. 

 Quinchamalium Juss. Santalaceae. 20 Andes. 

 Quincuncial, see Aestivation. 

 Quinetia Cass. Compositae (4). i W. Austr. 

 Quinine, Cinchona, Remijia. 

 Quinoa, Chenopodium Quinoa Willd. 

 Quinque- (Lat. pref.), five. 



Quintinia A. DC. Saxifragaceae (v). 5 E. Austr., N.Z. 

 Quisqualis L. Combretaceae. 4 trop. Afr., As. Q. indica L. is 



erect below, twining above, with alt. 1. Fl. shoots with opp. 1. 

 Quivisia Comm. ex Juss. Meliaceae (in), i Madag., Mascavenes. 

 Quivisiantha Baill. Meliaceae (in), i Madag. 

 Racaria Aubl. (Talisia p.p. EP.}. Sapindaceae (i). i Guiana. 

 Raceme, an infl. with main stem that grows steadily onwards, bearing 

 fls. on lat. branches in acropetal succession, Criiciferae, Kibes ; race- 

 mose, of racemes or of raceme type. 

 Rachicallis DC. Rubiaceae (i. 3). i W.I. 

 Rachis, the stalk of a cpcl. 1. 

 Racletia Adans. Inc. seel. Nomen. 



Radackia Cham, et Endl. Leguminosae (inc. sed.). i Radack I. 

 Radamaea Benth. Scrophulariaceae (in. 2). 2 Madag. 

 Raddia Spreng. = Salacia L. (Hippocrat.). 

 Radermachera Zoll. et Morr. Bignoniaceae (2). 8 Indomal. 

 Radial symmetry, where the organ, &c. is divisible into two comple- 

 mentary halves by any plane including the axis. 

 Radiate stigma, Palaver. 



Radical (1.), apparently springing from the root, Anemone. 

 Radicans (Lat.), rooting. 



Radicle, the rootlet starting from the embryo in the seed. 

 Radicula Dill. (Nasturtium p.p.). Cruciferae (2). 20 N. Am. 

 Radinocion Ricll. (Angraccuni p.p. EP.). Orchid, (n. 20). r S.Thomas. 

 Radiola (Dill.) Roth. Linaceae. i Eur. (incl. Brit.), N. Afr., temp. 



As., R. linoides Roth (all-seed). Infl. a dichasial cyme. 

 Radish, Raphamts sativus L.; horse-, Cocklearia Armoracia L. ; 



Japanese -, or Daikon, Raphanns satwus L. (?). 

 Radix Columba, yiz/cw/srt ; -Pareirae bravae, Chondodendron. 

 Radlkofera Gilg. Sapindaceae (i). i Camemons. 

 Radlkoferella Pierre (Lucuma p.p.). Sapotaceae (i). 5 W.I. 

 Raffenaldia Godr. (Cossonia p.p. EP.). Cruciferae (2). i Algeria. 

 Rafflesia R. Br. Rafflesiaceac. 6 Malaya; parasitic on Vitis roots. 

 R. Arnoldi R. Br. has a colossal fl. a yard across and weighing 15 Ibs. 

 It smells like putrid meat, and is visited by carrion flies. 

 Rafflesiaceae (EP.; Cytinaceae pp. BH.). Dicots. (Archichl. Aristo- 

 lochiales). 7 gen., 22 sp. , trop. Parasitic herbs, whose veg. organs 

 are reduced to what is practically a mycelium like that of a true 

 Fungus, viz. a network of fine cellular threads ramifying in the tissues 

 of the host. The fls. appear above ground, developing as adv. shoots 

 upon the mycelium. They are unisexual, sometimes of enormous 



