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Retrofractus pedwicuhts, bent back towards its insertion, as 

 if it were broken. 



Retusum folium, when the apex of the leaf is blunt, as in 

 Rumex digynus. 



Revolutum/o/tf/ra, a leaf rolled back. 



Rhaeades, the red poppy, an order of plants in the Fragmeu- 

 ta methodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Rhombeum/b&M/H, a leaf whose shape nearly resembles a 

 rhombus. 



Rhomboideumyb//2/w, a leaf of a geometrical figure, whose 

 sides and angles are unequal. 



Rigidus cautis, folia, stiff, hard, rigid. 



Rimosus cardis, abounding with clefts and chinks. 



Ringens, grinning or gaping* 



Rosaceus }&>.$, a flower whose petals are placed in a circle, 

 in form like those of a rose* 



Rostellum, a little beak, the descending plain part of the 

 corculum of the seed. 



Rostrum, an elongation of a seed-vessel, as in Geranium, 

 Helleborus, &c. 



Rotaceae, a wheel, an order of plants in the Fragmenta me- 

 thodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Rotatus limbiis, corolla, a wheel-shaped flower, expanded ho- 

 rizontally, having a tubular basis. 



Jtotund'dtum folium, a roundish leaf. ' 



Rubra lactescentia, red milkiness in plants. 



Ruderata loca, rubbishy places. 



RugDsamjfcftiOR, a rough or wrinkled leaf. 



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SagiUatum/b//?/???, an arrow-shaped leaf. 



Samara, a compressed, dry, coriaceous capsule, as in the 

 Ash, Maple, &c. 



Sarmentaceae, a twig or shoot of a vine, an order of plants in 

 the Fragmenta methodi naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Sai mentosus canlis, the shoot of a vine, naked between each 

 joint, and producing leaves at the joints. 



Scaber caulis, etfoliym, scabby and rough, having tubercles. 



Scabridffi, rough, an order of plants in the Fragmenta metho- 

 di naturalis of Linnaeus. 



Scabrities, a species of pubescence, composed of particles 

 scarce visible to the naked eye, sprinkled on the surface 

 of the plant. 



Scandens canlis, a climbing stalk. 



Scapus, 



