560 REINECKIA 



Reineckia Kunth. Liliaceae (vn). i China, Japan. Cult. orn. fl. 



Reinhardtia Liebm. Palmae (iv. r). 8 C. Am., Mexico. 



Reinwardtia Dum. Linaceae. 2 N. India, China. 



Reinwardtiodendron Koorders. Meliaceae (in), i Celebes. 



Reissekia Endl. Rhamnaceae. i Brazil. 



Relbunium Benth. et Hook. f. Rubiaceae (n. n). 28 Mex. to 

 Argent. 



Relhania L'Herit. Compositae (4). iSS.Afr. 



Remijia DC. Rubiaceae (i. 5). 15 S. Am. Bark a source of 

 quinine. 



Remirea Aubl. Cyperaceae (n). i trop. 



Remusatia Schott. Araceae (vi). 2 Indomal. R. vivipara Schott 

 has a tuberous stem which gives off upright shoots bearing scale-1. : 

 in their axils are little tubers, each provided with a term, hook by 

 which it may be carried away by an animal. 



Remya Hillebr. Compositae (3). 2 Hawaiian Is. 



Renanthera Lour. Orchidaceae (n. 20). 15 Malaya, Cochin China. 

 Climbers. Cult. orn. fl. 



Renantherella Ridl. (Renanthera p.p.). Orchid, (n. 20). i Malaya. 



Renarda Regel. Umbelliferae (in. 4). i Turkestan. 



Renealmia L. = Tillandsia L. (Bromel.). 



Renealmia L. f. Zingiberaceae (ij. 15 trop. Am., W. Afr. 



Renewal shoots, Sagittaria. 



Renggeria Meissn. Guttiferae (v). 2 trop. Brazil. 



Rengifa Poepp. et Endl. (Qitapoya EP.). Guttiferae (v). 3 trop. 

 S.Am. 



Reniforrn, kidney-shaped. 



Rennellia Korth. (Morinda p.p. EP.). Rubiaceae (n. 9). 4 Malaya. 



Repand, slightly sinuate. 



Repens, reptans (Lat.), prostrate and rooting. 



Replum, Cruciferae. 



Reproduction is divided into vegetative (detachment of portions of the 

 veg. organs, see Veg. Repr.) and true, by special cells, which may 

 be asexual (spores), or sexual (gametes). The former germinate and 

 give rise to prothalli; the latter unite in pairs, and give the asexual 

 plant. 



Reptonia A. DC. Sapotaceae (i) (Myrsin BH.}. 2 C. As. 



Rescue grass (Am.), Broinns jtnioloides H. B. et K. 



Reseda Tourn. ex L. Resedaceae. 55 Medit., Eur. ; 2 Brit. R. 

 odorata L. (mignonette). Large post, disc; ovary and fr. open at 

 apex. R. lutea L. (dyer's weld) yields a yellow dye. 



Resedaceae (EP., BH.). Dicots. (Archichl. Rhoeadales; Parietales 

 BH.). 6 gen., 60 sp., chiefly Medit., also in Eur., As., S. Afr., Calif. 

 Most are xero. herbs with alt. slip. 1. and racemes of ) $ fls. , with 

 bracts but without bracteoles. The axis develops post, into a large 

 disc, and upon this side the petals, &c. are usu. better developed than 

 upon the ant. side of the fl. K.4 8; Co 8; A3 40; G (2 6) 

 or 2 6, in the former case i-loc. with parietal plac. Ovary open at 

 the top; ovules i oo percpl., anatr. Fr. capsular; embryo curved ; 

 no endosp. Chief genera: Reseda, Oligomeris. 



Reserves, cf. Edible Products, Vegetative Reproduction, &c. 



