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Renanthera—continued. 
freely every summer, if placed in a sunny position and 
kept moist. R. Lowii should be grown in the hottest and 
moistest house, in a sunny position; but its roots prefer 
a large pot filled with drainage, sphagnum, and lumps of 
fibry peat. R. Storiei is a rare plant, seldom seen in 
cultivation, and then always in bad health. It is usually 
potted in sphagnum and crocks, and placed in a tropical 
house along with Phalenopsis. The other species, not 
already mentioned, require similar treatment. 
R. coccinea (scarlet).* ji. of a beautiful blood-red within, dis- 
posed in very large panicles; lateral sepals oblong-spathulate, 
obtuse; dorsal one and petals linear-ligulate; middle lobe 
of lip bigibbous at base; spur acute, conical, straight. l. 
ligulate, obliquely emarginate at apex. Aerial roots very long. 
ia China, 1816. A splendid plant. (B. M. 2997; B. R. 
R. elongata (elongated). fl. purplish; lateral sepals unguicu- 
late ; lateral lobes of lip sometimes sinuate, the middle lobe 
triangular and very short, bicallous at base ; spur obtuse, conical ; 
panicle elongated, nodding. 7. broadly linear, ‘oblique, emar- 
ginate. Kuripan. (B. R. 1843, 41.) 
R. histrionica (acting). /l., sepals and petals yellow, bordered 
with purplish blotches ; lip white, with purplish blotches on the 
side lobes; spur orange ; racemes short, few-flowered. l. acumi- 
nate. Malacca (?), 1878. j 
R. Lowii (Low’s).* ji. of two kinds on the same spike, the lowest 
pair always tawny-yellow enlivened with crimson dots, the 
remainder pale green, almost hidden on the inner side by large, 
irregular blotches of reddish-brown; sepals and petals waved, 
lanceolate, acute, those of the lowest pair more blunt; spikes 
rama 6ft. to 12ft. long, bearing from thirty to fifty flowers. 
tems caulescent, lin. thick, — to a great height. Borneo. 
(B. M. 5475.) The correct name of this plant is now Arach- 
nanthe Lowei. 
R. matutina (morning). fl. at first of a very beautiful blood- 
colour, paler outside, the disk of the lateral sepals golden, the 
bases of the petals striped with dark purple ; lip very minute, 
dark purple ; panicles much-branched, 2ft. to 3ft. — uncles 
intense purple. l. ligulate, obtuse and unequally bilo at apex ; 
sheaths sometimes violet. ' 
R. m. breviflora (short-flowered). A distinct variety, differing 
from the type in its shorter sepals, the lateral ones more free from 
Fwd another, and the calli under the column larger. Sunda Isles, 
R. moluccanum (Moluccan). fi. red, dotted ; S all linear- 
ligulate ; lateral lobes of lip bilobulate; middle lobule not 
callous at base; peduncles long-exserted at the apex of Pg 
anicle. Z. shortened, oblong, obtusely bilobed at apex. 
oyna, 1846. 
R. Storiei (Storie’s). /l. more than 2in. across ; dorsal sepals and 
petals dark 
0 e; lower als broad, of a brilliant velvety- 
crimson, with — ———— the same colour ; lip small, deep 
— with small yellow bars, centre white. Philippines, 
RENEALMIA (named in honour of Paul Renealme, 
a French botanist, who published, in 1611, a “ History 
of Plants”). Syns. Ethanium, Gethyra, Peperidiwm. 
ORD. Scitaminee. A genus comprising about fourteen 
species of stove, herbaceous perennials, natives of tropical 
America, one being also found in tropical Western Africa. 
Flowers one to three or many, beneath membranous, but 
not imbricating, bracts; calyx cup-like or loosely tubular, 
shortly trilobed; corolla tube short or rarely longer than 
the calyx, the lobes erect, or at length spreading, sub- 
equal, or with the dorsal one broader; raceme or thyrse 
sometimes on a leafless, scaly scape from the rhizome, 
sometimes at the tip of a terminal, leafy stem. Leaves 
two-ranked. The only species known to cultivation re- 
quires culture similar to Alpinia (which see). 
R. exaltata (exalted). i scarlet, on one- to three-flowered pedi- 
villo i 
us; raceme elongated ;, bracts lanceo- 
late, as long as the flowers. July. fr. blackish-violet, oval, lin. 
long, with aromatic seeds. J. sessile, lanceolate, glabrous. A. 2ft. 
(sometimes, in a wild state, 8ft. to 10ft. or more). West Indies, 
1820. (B. M. 2494 and B. R. 7771, under name of Alpinia 
tubulata.) 
cels ; scape coloured 
RENEALMIA (of Linneus). A synonym of Til- 
landsia (which see). ; 
RENEALMIA (of Houttuyn). A synonym of Vil- 
larsia (which see). 
(of Robert 
RENEALMIA Brown). A synonym of 
Libertia (which see). — 
RENIFORM. Kidney-shaped. A Reniform leaf 
with crenated margin is shown at Fig. 359. i 
Fic. 359. RENIFORM LEAF, WITH CRENATED MARGIN. 
RENSELAERIA. A synonym of Peltandra 
(which see). 
REPAND. Applied to a leaf which has its margins 
slightly uneven. 
REPENS, REPENT. Creeping; lying flat upon 
the ground, and emitting roots at the same time. 
REPLICATE. Folded backwards. 
REPLUM. The frame left in certain fruits by the 
falling away of the valves in the act of dehiscence. 
REPTANT. The same as Repens (which see). 
REQUIENIA. Included under Tephrosia (which 
see). 
RESEDA (the old Latin name used by Pliny, from 
resedo, to calm or appease ; the application of the plants 
to external bruises was considered useful by the Latins). 
Mignonette. ORD. Resedacew. A genus of annual or 
biennial, hardy, erect or decumbent, glabrous or pilose 
herbs. About twenty-six may lay claim to specific rank ; 
these are mostly natives of South Europe and North 
Africa, and are also found in Syria, Persia, and Arabia. 
Flowers racemose, bracteate; calyx four to seven-parted ; 
petals hypogynous, four to seven, unequal, two to many- 
fid; torus sub-sessile. Capsule indehiscent, three-lobed 
at apex. Leaves entire, lobed or pinnatisect; stipules 
` gland-formed. R. lutea and R. Luteola (Dyers Rocket, 
Dyers’ Weed, or Dyers’ Yellow Weed) are natives of 
Britain. The latter plant was formerly in great demand 
for dyeing purposes. Few of the species are of any great 
value to horticulturists. R. odorata, the common Mignon- 
ette, is one of our most highly-valued and sweet-scented 
garden plants. For culture, enumeration of varieties, &c., 
see Mignonette. | 
R. alba (white . with white petals and brownish anthers, 
disposed Ca la en calyx five or six-parted. May to Sep- 
tember. l. all pinnatifid or sometimes interruptedly pinnate ; 
segments lanceolate, smooth, rarely waved. h. 2ft. South 
Europe, 1596. Hardy biennial. (S. F. G. 459.) 
R. frutescens (shrubby). A form of R. odorata. 
Fig. 360. CAPSULE OF RESEDA ODORATA. 
R. odorata (í t).* Common Mignonette. fl. with yellowish- 
white otala aint saffron anthers, — in loose racemes ; calyx 
i c 
six-parted, equalling the petals, which are finely cleft into many 
club-abaped divisions. June to October, L lanceolate; bluntish, 
entire or trifid. North Africa, Egypt, &c., 1752. Plant diffuse. 
See Fig. . (B. M. 29.) The ‘ex ” 6 eamauttond is merely a 
shrubby form of this species. (B. R. 227.) 
RESEDACEÆ. A small natural order of annual or 
perennial herbs, rarely shrubs, mostly found in South 
Europe, North Africa, Syria, Asia Minor, and Persia; 
a few reach the Indian frontier, and three inhabit the 
Cape Colony. Flowers hermaphrodite or rarely unisexual, 
racemose or spicate, one-bracted; calyx persistent, four 
to seven-parted, unequal or almost equal, the segments 
imbricated; petals four to seven, rarely two (or none), 
deciduous or persistent, hypogynous or perigynous, entire 
or three or many-fid, ample, or with a membranous 
