7s » DICHIONARY OF 
a = 7 
RaDICALIs, issuing immediately from the root. 
RaDICans, striking root. wg cee Bice eos ae 
Rantt, rays ; the outet florets in a radiate compound flower, 
They may be called the florets of the circumference, and 
the inner ones the central florets. 
Spokes, the fruitstalks of an Umbel or Umbellule; 
which see. ; 
RADIX, Toot. ... . 52 
Ramevs, belonging to a branch. 
Ramosvus, branched. 
Ramosissimus, very much branched. 
Ramus, a branch: 
Ramuuus, the branch ofa branch. 
RECEPTACLE (receptaculum) one of the parts necefsary to _ 
- compose a flower. It is the base, or seat, tpon which the 
other parts of a flower are placed. Pl. 4. fill. (c.) £23 
(a.) The inner part of a Capsule to which the seeds are & 
attached is also called a Receptacle, PI.5.f.7.£.9.. 
RECLINATUS, reclining. | - . 
Reciin iN (reclinatus) bent back.a little, so that the extremity 
is lower than the base; as the leaves in Pl. 9. f. 5. (e..¢.): (3 
_Rectvs, straight. ex 
Recurvatus, recurved, or bowed back. . 
RerLecTeD (reflexus) bent back, rather angularly; as the 
segments of the cup of the Currant; the petals of the 
Flower de Iuce ; the blofsoms of the Hyacinth and White 
me ec. |: 3 
- Rerracrvs; bent back as if broken. ae 
Recuxar (regularis) Buossom; one that is regular in the 
: figure, size, and proportion of its parts; as the Je/samine 
and Syringo. — oe Fe 
Remorse (remotus) Watrts; when there is a considerable — 
length of stem between each whirl. P). 6.:f. 11. (a. a.a.) 
Rentrormg, kidney-shaped. SG cate 
REPAN DUM, serpentine. 
REPENS, 
REPTANS, : 1 i abe ae 
Rerticatus, folded or plaited, so as to forma groove of — 
__ channel ; as in the legumen of Astragalus hypoglottis.. | 
Resvrinatum, horizontally turned upside down, . 
_Rericuata, veined like net-work. 
Rerrorractus, broken back, St 
RetRORsuM (sinuatum) crookedly bent back. on 
——-— (serratum) inversely serrated, c+ 5 te ee 
Rerusum, bluntly hotched at the end; but it sometimes 
means merely blunt, as the seeds of the Lycopsis. — 
REvOLUTUs, rolled back. ore 
RuomBeEvs, diamond-shaped. | Volt Yo. ae 
RuomBorpeEvs (rhomboidal) nearly diamond-shaped, but 
broader one way than the other. ie 
trea 
i creeping. ae ae 
