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H.ORTUS -JAMAICENSIS. 



Hacths. The sp*ne. This 'term is also 

 sometimes used for the principal rib -of 

 a leaf. 



Rauiata. Radiate or raved. A kind of 

 ripotmd flower, consisting of a< ; isk, 

 hich the corollets or florets are tubu- 

 lar an;! regular; and of a ray, in which 

 the florets are irregular. 

 dicalis pedunculus. A root-pedurcle. 

 V./ lam. A root-leaf. -Proceed- 



ing immediately from the root. 

 [CANS. Hooting. 



Radius A'ray. 



Ramentum. A small particle of any tl 

 gold dust, saw dust, or little cl 

 &.c. Applied by Linneus to the small 

 loose scales that are frequently found on 

 the stems of vegetables. 



Rameum. Growing on, or proceeding 

 from a branch. 



wosus. Branched. Ramosissiinus. Very 

 much branched. 

 MUS. A branch. 



Hamulus. A branchlet, little branch, or 

 twig. 



Receptaculum. A receptacle. The base 

 by which the other parts of theiructifica- 

 tion are connected. 



Rf.CI.INATUM. Reclined. Bent downwards, 

 so that the point of the leaf is lower than 

 the base. 



Rectos. Straight. 



RecurVATDM. Recurved Bent, or rati 

 bowed or curved downwards, so that the 

 bow or convexity is upwards. 



Rei i Reflex. Bent back. 



Refractus. Refracted. As it were broken. 



R'EMOTUS. Remote. Distant. 



Reniforme. Reniform or kidney-shaped. 



Rf.PANDUM. Rt-pand. The rim ot which 

 is terminated by angles, having sinuses 

 between them inscribed in the segment 

 of a circle. 



Repens. Creeping. 



Resufinata corolla. When the upper lip 

 faces the ground, and the lower hp the 

 sky. Or, when that which is usually the 

 upper lip becomes the lower; and the 

 contrary ; so that the flower is, as itwere. 



turned upside down; cr, in vulgar *icri- 

 guage, topsy turvy. 



Reticulata. 1 Netted. Having distifict 

 veins crossing like net-work. 



RETROFLexus. Retroflex. Bending this 

 and that, in different directions, 

 usually in a distorted manner. 



-Retrofh actus. RetroTracted. Reduced 

 to hang down as it were by force. So 

 that it appears as if it had been broken. 



Retusum. Retuss. Ending in ablunt sinus. 



Revoi.UTDS. Rolled back or downwai 



RHCEABES. RH03ADEjE. The name of the 

 thirteenth order in Linneus's Fragments, 

 and of the fcwentyJSeverith in his Natural 

 Orders; containing vegetables allied* to 

 th< poppy! 



RhomBeum. Rhombed. Having four 

 ->des, but the angles not right 

 angl 3. 



RiS. The continuation of- the petiole along 

 the middle of t he leaf, and from which 

 the veins take their rise. 



Rictus. The gape. The opening between 

 the two lips in a labiate flower. 



.RkHDUS. Rigid, Stiff, inflexible, impatient 

 of bendii 



Rimosus. Riraose'or. chinked. Abounding 

 in cracks, clefts, or thinks-; as the out- 

 er bark of some tl 



RiNGKhS. An irreguiar-one-petaled corol- 

 la, the border of which is usually divided 

 into two parts, called the upper and 

 lower lip. 



Hoot Radix, That organ of a vegetable 

 which draws In the nourisbmettt, and 

 products the herb with the fructification. 



Rooting stem Bending to the earth and 

 Mnk'iig root, but not creeping along 

 A rooting leaf. Shooting forth roots. 



Root-leaf. Proceeding immediately from 

 the root, or growing next tiie ground. 



B isacea. Rose-like 



Rostellum. The rostel, or descending 

 plane part of the corcle or heart, in the 

 first vegetation of the seed 



RostraT-us tructus. beakeo fruit 



Rotace^ (Rota, a wheel) The name of 

 the fifty -second order in Linneus's 



Fragments ; 



