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Purpuratus, -a, -urn. Arrayed in purple so as to carry a cer- 

 tain queenliness. 



Purpureus, -a, -um. Red, with a mixture of blue. 

 Purus, -a, -um. Spotless ; of one color. 

 Pyriformis, -e. Pear-shaped. 



Q. 



Quadratus, -a, -um. Square, or approaching that shape. 

 Quadricolor. Four-colored. 

 Quadricornis, -e. Four-horned. 

 Quindos. A native name of Cattleya maxima. 

 Quinquecolor. Five-colored. 



Quinquevulnerus, -a, -um. Having five wounds, or blood- 

 red spots. 



R. 



Raceme. A form of inflorescence, very common in Orchids, 

 in which the flowers provided with pedicels are disposed 

 more or less closely along a usually drooping stalk. 



Racemosus, -a, -um. Branching, or having flowers in a ra- 

 ceme. 



Radiatus, -a, -um. Arranged in a star-like manner or like the 

 spokes of a wheel. 



Radical. Appearing to rise directly from the radix or root, 

 owing to the extreme shortness of the stem. 



Raniferus, -a, -um. Bearing frogs. 



Reichenheimii. In memory of Reichenheim. 



Recurvus, -a, -um. Bent back, recurved. 



Regnelli. In memory of M. Regnell, who collected Orchids 

 in Brazil, and sent home the Miltonia, so named. 



Reinwardtii. Commemorative of Dr. Reinwardt. 



Renanthera. From ren, a kidney, and anthera, an anther. 



Restrepia. Meaning unknown. 



Resupinate. Twisted half round, so that the bottom is made 

 the top. 



