346 DICTIONAEY OF POPULAE NAMES RAIVIBUTAN 



Rambutan. {See Litclii.) 



Ramie, or Ramee {Bcehmeria nivea). (See Grass Cloth.) 



Ramleh, the name of the fruit of Pierardia scqnda, now 

 placed in the genus Baccaurea, belonging to the Euphorbiacese. 

 It is a small tree, with broad, entire, oblong leaves, native of 

 the Malay Peninsula, as also of the Pegu forests of Burmah. 

 Pruit the size of a large gooseberry, smooth, yellow, three-celled, 

 with the seeds embedded in a pulpy ariL It is esteemed by the 

 natives, and is generally plentiful in the Piangoon market. 



Choopah is the native name of P. didcis, a tree similar to 

 the last, native of the Malayan Islands. Its fruits are nearly 

 round, and rather larger than a cherr}^ They contain a sweet, 

 luscious pulp, and like the last are eaten in large quantities. 



Rampion [Campanida Rapmcidus), a perennial of the Bell 

 Flower family (Campanulace?e), native of this countn', common 

 in gardens for its running, white, succulent roots, which are 

 eaten as a salad. 



Ram -til Oil, a name in India for an oil expressed from 

 the seeds of Guizotia olcifera, a weedy -looking annual herb of 

 the Composite family (Compositse) ; cultivated in Abyssinia 

 and various parts of India for the sake of its seeds, which yield 

 a bland oil similar to Sesamum oil, used for lamps and for 

 culinary purposes. 



Rape {Brassica Napus) and Colza (B. campcstris), two weedy 

 annuals of the Cabbage family (Cruciferie). They differ in the 

 leaves, one being smooth and the other hairy. They are ex- 

 tensively cultivated in this country and throughout Europe for 

 their seeds, which yield Rape and Colza Oil. The consumption 

 in this country is so great that immense quantities are imported. 

 The refuse seeds form oil-cake for feeding cattle. 



Camelina sativa, known as Gold of Pleasure, is a plant 

 similar to the preceding, and cultivated for the same purposes. 



Raspberry {Buhus Idceics), a cane -stemmed shrub of the 

 Eose family (Ptosaceae), native of Britain, most parts of temperate 

 Europe, and western temperate Asia. It is cultivated for its 

 fruit, so called, which consists of numerous little achenia 



