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Eeduplioation 



'^ yesicaliO'sa, receptacles of oil; 

 receptac'tilar, rcceptacular'is, per- 

 taining to the receptacle, or 

 attached to the receptacle ; ^ Tabe, 

 the calyx-tube. 



recep'tive (N. Lat., receptivus), haying 

 the quality of receiving ; -^ Spot, (1) 

 the point in the oosphere of Ferns, 

 etc., where the antherozoids enter; 

 (i!) that hyaline spot on a large 

 planogamete where it will coalesce 

 with a small (male) planogamete. 



Becess' = Sinus. 



reoip'rooal {reciprocus, going back- 

 ward and forward), mutual ; '*- 

 Autoph'agy. sexuality in primitive 

 forms of Algae ; the gametes acting 

 mutually (Dangeard) ; '^ Hy'brids, 

 hybrids between the same parents, 

 each being fertilized by the other. 



rec'iinate, reclina'tus ( Lat. , bent back), 

 turned or bent downward ; re- 

 cli'ned, reoli'ning, having its base 

 on the ground, also one plant 

 pressed on anotlier. 



reelu'suB (Lat., laid open), improperly 

 used for inclusus. 



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

 not readily seen. 



Beomdes'cence {recrvdrsco, to open 

 afresh), the production of a young 

 shoot from a ripened infructescence. 



rectiflo'rus {rectus, straight ; Jios, fioris, 

 a flower), where the axes of the 

 florets are parallel to the main 

 axis of the inflorescence, as in some 

 Compositae ; Rectigrada'tion {gra- 

 dutio, a structure of steps), a quali- 

 tative change, the genesis of a new 

 character (H. E. Osborn), cf. 

 Allome TRON ; rectiner''ved, redincr'- 

 via, -vius {nervus, a nerve) ; rec- 

 tive'nias {vena, a vein), straight- 

 veined, parallel-veined, as in 

 grasses ; Rectipetarity (joe^o, I seek), 

 Voechting's term to express the 

 teudeucy of organs to grow in a 

 straight line ; rectip'etive {pe'o, I 

 seek), applied to certain stimuli 

 which continue a formative imjmlse ; 

 reotise'rial {series, a row), in straight 

 ranks ; reo'tns, in a right line, 

 straight, not curved. 



Becur^rence {recurro, I run back), the 

 repetition of the same type in an 

 influorescence (Guillard); recur'rent 

 {recurrens, running back), in vena- 

 tion, when the veinlets return to- 

 wards the main rib. 



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

 bent back), curved backward or 

 downward. 



reoati'tus (Lat., skinned), apparently 

 bare of epidermis. 



red, a general term for the most vivid 

 of the primary colours, in Latin 

 niher; — browii,^o/7?Ai//*eits, accord- 

 ing to Lindley ; ~ Mould, due to 

 species of Fusisporium ; -^ Bust, 

 attacking the tea plant is Cepha ^eurus 

 mycuidea, P. Karst ; ~ Snow, discolour- 

 ation of snow by Haematucoccus nita- 

 lis, Agardh, etc. 



reA'ivive {redivirus, renewed), of herba- 

 ceous perennials, the plant dying 

 down each year, and growing the fol- 

 lowing year from an underground bed. 



Bedu'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 ; ~ Fertiliza'tion, in 

 the absence of spermatia (normal male 

 cells) the female cell fuses with a 

 vegetative or another female cell ; 

 -' Mem'bers, those which having 

 ceased to act normally, have retro- 

 graded, as the tubers of potatoes 

 were originally shoots. 



Beduc'tion {reductio, a leading back;, 

 (1) when the development of the 

 mature organism falls short of its 

 ancestry ; (2) diminution, as of the 

 number of chromosomes in nuclear 

 division ; ~ Divis'ion = nuclear 

 Reduction ; ~ Se'ries, changes 

 brought about Uy arrest. 



redu'plicate, r^dmplica'ixis (Lat., 

 doubled) = redu'plicative, redupli- 

 call' Otis, doubled back, a term of 

 aestivation when the ed^es are 

 valvate and retlexcd ; Beduplica'- 

 tion, an increase of parts by the 

 insertion of additions on the same 

 plan, as of whorls, etc. 



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