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 Resedaceæ—continued. 
appendix at the base, free or rarely sub-coherent, open 
in æstivation; disk hypogynous, sessile or stipitate, often 
- dilated behind; stamens three to forty, perigynous or 
inserted within the disk, not covered by the petals in 
æstivation; filaments free or monadelphous at base; 
anthers two-celled, introrse. Fruit a capsule, closed or 
gaping at the apex, rarely a berry, sometimes follicular; 
seeds many, rarely few. Leaves scattered or fascicled, 
simple, trifid, or pinnatiparted; stipules small, gland- 
like. Mignonette (Reseda odorata), one of the members 
_ of this order, requires no eulogy here. The Dyers’ Weed 
(R. Luteola) yields a yellow dye, which is largely used ; 
its leaves are very bitter. The order comprises half-a- 
dozen genera, and, according to the authors of the 
“ Genera Plantarum,” not more than thirty distinct species. 
Reseda is the principal genus. 
RESIN, ANIME. See Hymenza Courbaril. 
RESIN PLANT. A common name for Bursera 
acuminata and B. gummifera, Dammara australis, Guaia- 
cum officinale, Pistacia Lentiscus, &e. 
REST-HARROW. See Ononis. 
CEZ. A natural order of usually peren- 
\ nial herbs, tufted or with horizontal or creeping rhizomes; 
they are mostly natives of South-west Africa or Australia, 
a few are found in New Zealand, one in Chili, and one 
in Cochin China, Flowers dicecious, rarely moncecious, 
very rarely hermaphrodite, in spikelets; perianth regular ; 
segments six, rarely reduced to five, four, or three, glu- 
maceous, rigid, scarious, or hyaline, more or less distinctly 
biseriate; stamens in male flowers three, filaments fili- 
form; ovary of females one to three-celled ; inflorescence 
variable. Fruit dry, often small, nut-like or capsular, 
terete, compressed, or triquetrous. Leaves sometimes few, 
radical, long, cyperoid, frequently nearly all reduced to 
sheaths. Stems rigid, simple or branched, erect, flexuons, 
or variously twisted. The order comprises twenty genera, 
and about 230 species, few of which are of any horticul- 
tural value. Examples: Restio, Willdenowia. 
. Plants are said to be Resting during 
any period when growth in them is inactive. The term 
is only applicable to such as live over one year: nearly 
all of these require a Resting season after completing 
their annual growth. 
RESTIO (from restis, cord; alluding to the use of 
the plants in South Africa). Rope Grass. Syns. Craspedo- 
lepis, Ischyrolepis, Megalotheca, Rhodocoma. The prin- 
cipal genus of Orp. Restiacew. It consists of about 100 
species, none of which are of any special interest; 
several have been introduced to this country. 
PIA (named in honour of Joseph E. Restrep, 
a naturalist who travelled in South America). ORD. 
Orchidew. A genus of stove orchids, with tufted stems, 
or having simple, creeping branches. About a score 
species have been described, natives of tropical America, 
from Brazil as far as Mexico. The genus is very closely 
related to Pleurothallis, but is distinguished by having 
four pollen masses; the habit is very similar, but the 
peduncles appear to be constantly one-flowered, and the 
flowers are often, but not always, larger. The under- 
mentioned species are those best known to gardeners. 
For culture, see Pleuro i 
antennifera (antenne-bearing). A. yellow, dotted with red 
or purple ; lip linear, retuse, scabrous, trinerved, bearing tendrils 
close to the base, Z. ovate, acute, shorter than the stems, occa- 
—— rich ox le on ne under side; sheaths falcate, some- 
iene — Sa purple. Venezuela, &c., 1869, (B. M. 6288.) 
R. Dayana (Day’s). fl., als petals vi 
filiform, clavate, — — sepals and s violet-brown, 
yellowish and brown ; lip yellow, mottled with purple, 
— eart-shaped at the 
be OH ut, : hi 
—— Rica, 1875. “A lovely little gem,” of tufted 
THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
on short, sub-racemose or fasciculate branches, opposite, 
Restrepia—continued. 
elegans (elegant . chiefly yellow, spotted with purple, 
ap ns jour Ah — ox of R. antennifera ; lip linear, retuse, 
hollowed out and dilated at base, with a tooth on each side, 
l. oval, twice the — of the stems ; sheaths straight. Caraccas, 
1872. (B. M. 5966; F. d. S. 743.) 
R. Falkenbe: (Falkenberg’s). fl. yellow, with some white 
and purple marks. l. large, bluish-purple beneath ; sheaths one- 
coloured, without blotches. New Grenada, 1880. 
Lansbergii (Lansberg’s). fl., upper sepals and petals crim- 
ge front eis whiner with crimson dots; lip yellow, with 
purple blotches, unctuous, linear, truncate, scabrous, excavated 
and broader at the base. l. oval, equalling the stems; sheaths 
straight, closely imbricated. Venezuela, Guatemala, &c., 1861. 
This resembles small specimens of R, antennifera. (R.X. O. i., 
p. 170, t. 60.) 
R. maculata (spotted). A synonym of R. antennifera. 
R. prorepens (forward-creeping). fl. yellow, solitary, on a long, 
cil —— and nodding, bending the two straight, linear 
sepals forward, and having both widely clasping, the inferior 
connate, boat-shaped, much narrower towards the top; lip very 
small, scarcely equalling the column, pandurate, sub-acute, with 
a small angle before roe § base, and a lamella in each middle side. 
l. very small, narrow, fleshy, emarginate at apex, with a small 
apiculus between. Rhizomes creeping, in large: masses. Costa 
Rica, 1877. (R. X. O. iv. 11-17.) 
R. Reichenbachiana (Reichenbach’s). fl. canary-yellow, on 
filiform peduncles, nearly 4in. long and cruciform, the tips of the 
inferior, connate sepals dark purple; these and the petals having 
also a dark purple line at the base, and the upper sepal two such 
lines. l. spathulate-oblong, obovate, minutely tridentate at the 
— — in. high. Costa Rica, 1875. Habit densely tufted. 
thalma (yellowed-eyed). ‘‘ A pretty species, with 
— — flowers.” Guatemala and Venezuela. 
(B. M b25 , under name of R. Lansbergii.) 
RESUPINATE. Inverted in position; appearing as 
if upside down. 
RESURRECTION PLANT. A common name for 
Anastatica Hierochuntina, Mesembryanthemum Tripolium, 
and Selaginella lepidophylla. 
RETAMILIA. A synonym of Retanilla (which 
see). 
RETANILLA (the Peruvian name of the genus). 
Syn. Retamilia. ORD. Rhamneew. A small genus (two 
or three species) of almost leafless, unarmed, branched 
shrubs and sub-shrubs, natives of Chili and Peru. Flowers 
shortly pedicellate; calyx urceolate or campanulate ; 
petals and stamens four or five. Drupes rather large, 
globose. Leaves very caducous, opposite, entire. The 
species are probably lost to cultivation in this country. : 
ee Netted; in the form of net- 
work. 
RETINARIA. A synonym of Gouania (which 
see). 
RETINIA. A genus of small moths, belonging to 
the group of Tortricide, of some importance because of 
the damage inflicted by them on Scotch Firs and other 
Conifere. Several species occur in Great Britain, and 
the larvæ of all, so far as known, feed in the buds or 
young shoots of the Conifere. The moths vary from 
žin. to nearly lin. in spread of wing; the front wings 
are nearly three times as long as broad, with the tip 
rather rounded, and the front and hind borders slightly 
rounded; the hind wings are rather broad and pointed. 
The species of chief importance practically are the fol- 
lowing, which may be distinguished in the adult state 
by the characters mentioned below : - 
1. Fore wings grey, with rusty-yellow tip of wing and head. 
(a) Thorax dark brown; fore wings grey- 
brown, with paler cross-lines, RA duplana. 
decidedly rusty-yellow tip; spread 
of wings, six anda half to seven lines 
tch at tip, } turionana. 
duller —— A P upane. ; 
wings pale at base .......-...- 
