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RIG 



5. White. N. America. 



5. Britain. 



ni'veum (snowy). 



182(5. 



opulifo'lium (Guelder-rose-leaved). Russia. 



orienta'le (eastern). 4. Green, yellow. 



May. Syria. 1824. 



oxyacanthoi'des (Hawthorn -like). 3. Green, 



white. North America. 1763. 



petree'um (rock). 4. Red. May. England. 



procu'mbens (trailing). . Purple. May. 



Dahuria. 1804. 



prostra'tum (prostrate). l. Yellow. May. 



North America. 1812. 



--- luxiflo'rum (loose-flowered). 4. 

 Green, yellow. North America. 1812. 



puncta'tum (dotted- leaved}. 3. Green, 



yellow. Chili. 1826. Half-hardy. 



resino'sum (resinous). 3. Yellow, green. 



North America. 1800. 



ri'gens (stiff). 6. Green. N.America. 1812. 



ru'brum (red). 4. Green. Britain. 

 -- a'lbum (white). 4. Green. Britain. 

 -- ca'rneum (flesh-coloured-ic-merf). 



4. Green. Britain. 



-- fo'liis-a'lbo (leaves-white). 4. Green. 

 -- fo'liis - lu'teo (leaves - yellow). 4. 



Green. 



horte'nse (garden). 



4. Green. 



Britain. 



. Sibi'ricum (Siberian. Russian-cur- 

 rant). 6. Greenish-yellow. Russia. 



sylve'strc (wood). 4. Green. Bri- 

 tain. 



variega'tum (striped-iem'erf). 4. 



Green. Austria. 



sungui'neum (bloody). 6. Blood. North 



America. 1826. 



utroru'bens (dark-red). 6. 

 Dark-red. North America. 



glutino'sum (clammy). 6. 

 Pale pink. North America. 



malva'ceum (Mallow-like). 6. 



Dark-pink. North America. 



saxa'tile (rock). 4. Green. May. Siberia. 



181Q. 



scto'sum (bristly). 4. Green, white. North 



America. 1810. 



specio's'itm (showy). 4. Crimson. May. 



California. 1829. 



spica'tum (spiked -flowered). 4. Green. 



England. 

 ~- tenuiflo'rum (slender-flowered). 6. Yellow. 



North America. 1812. 

 fru'ctu-lu'tco (yellow - berried) . 



6. Yellow. 

 fru'ctu-nigro (blackish-berried). 



6. Yellow. 



tri'Jidum( three-clef t-calyxed). Quebec. 1824. 



tri'ste (s&d-coloured-flowered). 3. Siberia. 



1820. 



viscosi'ssimum (very-clammy). 4. Yellow. 



North America. 1820. 



RICE PAPEK is prepared from JEschy- 

 no'mene a'spera. 



UICHA'BDIA. (Named after L. C. 

 Richard, a French botanist. Nat. ord., 

 Arads [Aradacese]. Linn., 7-Ifcptan- 

 dria I-Monoyynia.) 



Better known as> Calla jEthiopica, or the 



Arum plant. Greenhouse herbaceous peren- 

 nial. Suckers, and division of the plant, in 

 spring; rich fibry loam. Winter temp., 35 

 to 48 ; should be kept dryish for a time before 

 growing, so as to get it to throw up its flowers. 

 Thrives well in a cistern in a greenhouse where 

 is abundance of light ; and in a stream of 

 water during the summer, the pots being 

 plunged within it. 



R. JElhio'picu, (Ethiopian). 3. Creamy. March. 

 Cape of Good Hope. 1731. 



RICHARD so 'NIA. (Named after R. 

 Richardson, an English botanist. Nat. 

 ord., Cinclwnads [ Cinch onacese]. Linn., 

 5-Pentandria I-Monoyynia.) 



Stove evergreen. Cuttings of young shoots, 

 in sandy soil, and in a moist bottom-heat ; fibry 

 loam and peat, and a little sand and leaf-mould. 

 Winter temp., 48 to 58 ; summer, 60 to 80. 

 R. sca'bra (rough). 2. White. September. 

 Brazil. 1814. 



RICHIE'A. (Named after Mr. Richie, 

 an African traveller. Nat. ord., Epac- 

 rids [Epacridacese]. Linn., I'3-Poly- 

 andria I-Monoyynia.) 



Stove evergreen climber. Cuttings of half- 

 ripened shoots, in sand, under a bell-glass, and 

 in a mild, sweet bottom-heat ; sandy, fibry peat, 

 with a few nodules of fibry loam and charcoal. 

 Winter temp., 55 to 60 ; summer, 60 to 88. 

 R.fra'grans (fragrant). 6. White. June. 

 Sierra Leone. 1795. 



RI'CINUS. Palma Christi. ^From 

 ricimis, a tick ; resemblance in the 

 seeds. Nat. ord., Spurgcivorts [Eu- 

 phorbiacese]. Linn., 2l-Moncecia 1- 

 Monandria.) 



Annuals, by seeds, in a hotbed ; shrubs, by 

 cuttings, in hotbed; light, rich soil. The 

 shrubby kinds should have the addition of a 

 little peat. They are all too tender to do much 

 good out-of-doors. The following are all half- 

 hardy annuals, except lividus and rutilans. 

 R. commu'nis (common. Castor-oil Plant). 6. 

 Green. July. East Indies. 1548 



ine'rmis (unarmed-c/;s/erf). 6. Purple. 



India. 1758. 



Kra'ppa (Krappa). White. August. 1827. 



leucoca'rpus (white-capsuled). White. Au- 



gust. 1827. 



li'vidus (livid- leaved). 8. Purple. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1795. Green- 

 house evergreen. 



macrophy'llus (large-leaved). White, red* 



August. 1827. 



ru'tilans (red - stalked). Rcdish- white. 



August. 1827. Half-hardy biennial. 



undula'tus (wavy-leaved). Red, white. Au- 



gust. 1827. 



RICO'TIA. (Probably a commemo- 

 ! rative name. Nat. ord., Crudfers 

 [Brassieacetu]. Liun., lo -Tetrad y- 

 namia.} 



