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RAVZHTZA (no explanation giren by author). Includ- 

 ing- Lemonia. Ord. Iliilaceir. A genus comprising only 

 a couple of species of highly glabrous, store or warm 

 greenhouse shrubs, with terete branclilets ; one is a 

 native of Cuba, and the other Brazilian. Flowers white 

 or scarlet, few, on axillary, elongated peduncles ; sepals 

 unequal, imbricated, the two outer ones larger ; corolla 

 tube straight ; limb sub-oblique, of five oblong lobes ; 

 stamens five, adnate to the throat of the corolla. Leaves 

 opposite, one to three-leafleted : leaflets sub-coriaceous, 

 lanceolate, entire, slightly dotted. The species are 

 beautiful shrubs, thriving in sandy peat and fibry loam. 

 Proijagated by cuttings of half-ripened shoots, inserted 

 in sand, under a bell glass, in bottom heat. 



R. rosea (rose-coloured). /. rose-reil, axillary, 2iin. to 3in. in 

 diametiT. Summer. (. trifoliolate ; leaflets elliptic-obovate, 

 entire, shining, h. 2ft. Brazil, 1880. 



R. spectabills (showy), jf. deep reddish-scarlet, showy ; 

 condla Hesliy, rugulose, hypocraterifonn, tlie segments obtuse ; 

 raremes axillary, few-tlnwort-d, nearly equalling the leavts. July 

 and August, l. trifoliolatt- ; leaflets longer timn the pubescent 

 petiole, obovate, obtuse, glaluous. Branchlets pubescent, fi. 2ft. 

 Cuba, 1839. (B. R. xxvi. 59, under name of Lemonia upectabili^.) 



RAT. See Radius. 





Fig 358. Eavenala madagascakiensis (see page 279). 



RAT FLOWERS. Those which belong to the 

 margin of a circular flower cluster, and differ from those 

 of the disk, being usually larger. 



RAT FOD. A common name for Damasonium stel- 

 latum, the plant described in this work as Actinocarjyus 

 Damasonium. 



REAKTA. A synonym of Euchlann. 



RFAUMURIA (named in honour of Een^ A. Fer- 

 ehault de Reaumur, 1683-1757, a famous French ento- 

 mologist). Ord. Tamariscinece. A genus comprising 

 about half-a-score species of half-hardy, much-branched, 

 procumbent ' or divaricate sub-shrubs or small shrubs, 

 natives of the Mediterranean region (mostly Eastern) and 

 central Asia. Flowers terminal, solitary, larger than in 

 Tamarii'; sepals five, sub-connate or nearly free at base, 

 surrounded by few or many imbricated, sepaloid bracts ; 

 claws of the petals broad ; stamens many. Leaves small 

 or fleshy, sub-terete, often clustered. R. hypericoides, the 

 species best known to gardeners, is a beautiful shrub, 

 of easy culture ; a compost of sandy loam and peat is 

 most suitable. It may be readily increased by means of 

 cuttings taken from tlie young wood, 

 and inserted in similar soil, under a 

 bell glass. 



R. hypericoides (St. John's Wort-like).* 

 fl. ]iurj)le ; j>etals irregtdur, ovate or 

 ovate-oblong, very obtuse, the appendices 

 short and slightly tiniV>riateil at apex ; 

 bracts lanceolate-subulate, a little longer 

 than the calyx. August, l. coriaceous ; 

 cauline ones linear, linear-lanceolate, 

 lanceolate-oblong, or lanceolate, h. 2ft. 

 Syria. 1800. (li. AI. 2057 ; B. R. 845.) 



REAUMURIACUa:. Included 

 under Tuniarisciiiece. 



RECEFTACLi:. " A portion of 

 axis forming a common support or 

 bed on which a cluster of organs is 

 borne. The Receptacle of the flower, 

 or the torus, is tlie asile portion of 

 a blossom, that which bears sepals, 

 petals, stamens, and pistils. The Re- 

 ceptacle of an inflorescence is the 

 axis or rachis of the head, spike, 

 or other dense cluster" (Asa Gray). 



RECHSTEINERA. Included 



itnder ^tVsn* ;■(/. 



RECLINATE, RECLINED, 

 RECLINING. Falling or turning 

 backward, so that its upper part 

 rests on the ground or some other 

 object; e.g., the branches of many 

 trees. 



RECTISERIAL. Disposed in 

 rectilinear ranks. 



RECURVED. Bent, but not 

 rolled, backwards or downwards. 



RED BERRT, AUSTRA- 

 LIAN, tiff Rhag-odia. 



RED BUD. A common name 

 for Crnia ran<uJeitsif<. 



RED CAMPION. See Lychnis 

 diurna. 



RED CEDAR. See Juniperus 

 virginiana. 



REDHEAD. A common name 



for A.'Jclepias rurassariea. 



RED-HOT POKER. A com- 



mon name of Kiiiplivrin aluidet:. 



RED LTCHNIS. See Lychnis 

 diurna. 



