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size, reg., haplochlam. P (45), A oo on a column, G (468), 

 with parietal plac., or x twisted loc. Berry. Endosp. Chief genera: 

 Ramesia, Brugmansia, Pilostyles, Cytinus. 



Rafinesquia Nutt. Compositae (13). 2 W. U.S. 



Rafma Thunb. Leguminosae (in. 3). 22 S. Afr. 



Ragala Pierre (Ecclinusa Mart.). Sapotaceae(i). i French Guiana. 



Ragged robin, Lychnis Flos-Cncidi L. 



Ragi (India), Eleusine Coracana Gaertn. 



Ragweed (Am.), Ambrosia; -wort, Senccio Jacobaea L. 



RaiUardella Bentli. Compositae (8). 5 Mts. of California. 



Raillardia Gaudich. Compositae (5). \i Hawaiian Is. 



Raimannia Rose (Oenothera p.p.). Onagraceae (2). 12 N. Am. 



Raimondia Safford. Anonaceae (4). i Colombia. 



Rain tree, Pithecolobium Sain an Benth., Andira incrmis H. B. K. 



Rainiera Greene (Prenanthes p.p.). Compositae (13). i N. Am. 



Raisin, Vitis vim/era L. , &c. 



Rajania L. Dioscoreaceae. 6 W.I. 



Ramatuela H. B. et K. Combretaceae. 2 trop. Am. 



Rambong, Fie us elastica Roxb. 



Rambutan, Nephelium lappaceum L. 



Ramelia Baill. Euphorbiaceae (A, n. 2). i New Caledonia. 



Ramenta, chaffy scales. 



Rameya Baill. Menispermaceae. 2 Madag., Comoros. 



Ramie, Boehmeria nivea Gaudich., var. tenacissima. 



RamirezeUa Rose (Vtgna p.p.). Leguminosae (in. 10). 5 Mexico. 



Ramisia Glaziou ex Baill. Nyctaginaceae. i Rio de Janeiro. 



Ramona Greene (Audibertia Benth.). Labiatae (vi). 10 N. Am. 



Ramondia Rich. Gesneriaceae (i). 4 Mts. of S. Eur. Fl. almost 

 reg. with 5 sta. and rotate C. 



Ramose, freely branching. 



Ramosia Merrill. Gramineae (ro). i Phil. Is. 



Rampion, Phyteuma. 



Ramsons, A Ilium ursinnni L. 



Ramsted (Am.), Linaria znifgaris Mill. 



Ramtil (India), Guizotia abyssiniea Cass. 



Ranales. The i8th order (EP.) of Archichlamydeae. The first order 

 (tiff.) of Polypetalae. 



Ranalisma Stapf. Alismaceae. i Selangor. 



Randia Houst. ex L. Rubiaceae (i. 8). 125 trop. The two I. at a 

 node are often unequal and one frequently aborts early. Thorns often 

 occur. In R. dnmetorum Lam. the thorn arises in the axil above the 

 bud, and is carried up by intercalary growth. 



Randonia Coss. Resedaceae. i Algeria. 



Ranevea L. H. Bailey (Ravenea H. Wendl.). Palmae (iv. i). i 

 Comoros. 



Ranunculaceae (EP., BH.}. Dicots. (Archichl. Ranales). 27 gen., 

 700 sp., chiefly N. temp, and well repres. in Brit. Most are herba- 

 ceous perennials with rhiz., usually of condensed (root-stock) form, 

 and always sympodial. Each year's shoot ends in an inrl. and a bud 

 is formed in the axil of one of the 1. at the base, which forms the next 

 year's growth. In most the primary root soon dies away, and adv. 



