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Repens (re-pens). L. adj., " creeping." A common 



second hot. name for many plants. 

 Reptans (rep-tans). L. adj., " crawling-." Second bot. 



name. 

 Reseda (re-se-da). L. " Resedo " (to soothe); from 



soothing- medicinal effects of the plant. Bot. name 



Mignonette group. 

 Resedaceae (re-se-da-se-e). L. " Reseda " and 



" aceous " (like). Bot. name for Mignonette 



family. 

 Restharrow. Eng. name for Ononis Arvensis. Said to 



get its Eng. name from its deep rooting stem caus- 

 ing the harrow to rest awhile. 

 Resupinatum (re-su-pin-a-tum). L. adj., " bent back "; 



because the side of the upper petal are turned out- 

 wards instead of inwards as with all other Clovers. 



Second bot. name for Reversed Clover. 

 Reticulata (ret-ik-u-la-ta). L. adj., " net-like "; refers 



to the way the veins of the leaves cross each other. 



Second bot. name. 

 Retusa (re-tu-sa). L. adj., " blunted." Second bot. 



name. 

 Rhamnaceae (ram-na-se-e). L. " Rhamnus " and 



*' aceous " (like). Bot. name Buckthorn family. 

 Rhamnus (ram-nus). G. name for Blackthorn. Bot. 



name Buckthorn group. 

 Rhamnifolius (ram-ni-fol-i-us). L. " Rhamnus " and 



" folius " (leaved). Second bot. name, 

 Rhamnoides (ram-noi-des). G. 4< Rhamnus " and 



" oides " (like). Second bot. name. 

 Rhinanthus (ri-nan-thus). G. " Rhin " (a nose); 



" anthus " (a flower); from the nose-like look of 



