Bhynchosia 



(275 ) 



Bichardia 



subsequently pricked off and repotted as necessary. 

 Soil, equal parts of loam and peat with coarse 

 sand. 



Principal Species : 



obliquuni, 1', Jy., bl. (syn. zeylanicum). 



RHYNCHOSIA. 



Stove or warm greenhouse trailing or twining 

 plants (ord. Leguminosie). Propagation, by seeds 

 in sandy soil, in heat. Soil, loam, leaf mould, and 

 sand. 



Principal Species : 

 Chrysoscias, 8', My., yel- 

 lowish or. 



cyanosperma, 10', sum., 

 reddish pur. 



albiflora, creamy wh. 



(*//. Cylista albinora) . 

 phaseoloides, 8', Je., Jy., 



yel., pur. (syn, Glycine 



phaseoloides) . 



co-Iestis, 1', spike H', 



erect, sum., wh., bl. 



Cambridge Lodge var. 



iind superbuin are 



distinct vars. 

 retusa, 6", spike \\', 



RHYNCHOSPERMUM of LINDLEY 

 (see TRACHELOSPERMUM). 



RHYNCHOSTYLIS. 



Low-growing epiphytes (ord. Orchidacese), of 

 neat habit. Stove treatment and basket culture as 

 applied to Saccolabiums suit admirably. 

 Principal Species : 



drooping, sum., wh., 

 pur. (syn. Blumei). 

 The finest vars. are 

 guttata, Heathii, pure 

 wh., holfordiaua, and 

 pramorsa, 



RHYNCHOTECHUM. 



Stove plants (ord. Gesneracese) of somewhat 

 shrubby habit, and needing similar treatment to 

 the shrubby species of Besleria, which see. 



Principal Species : 



ellipticum, 2J', sum., rosy red. 



RHYTIDOPHYLLUM. 



Shrubby stove plants (ord. Gesneracea;) that 

 succeed with shrubby species of Besleria and 

 Gi'sncra, which r. 



Principal Species : 

 auriculatum, 1', Aug., tomentosum,2' to 3', sum., 



greenish yel., spotted greenish yel., spotted 



red. pur. , (syn.. Gesuera 



tomentosa). 



RHYTISMA. 



A small genus of Fungi that sometimes attacks 

 the leaves of hardy trees. The principal species is 

 acerinum, which produces the blackish spots or 

 blotches on Maple and Sycamore leaves during 

 summer and autumn. Its spread on young trees 

 can be prevented by spraying with a solution of 

 potassium sulphide, or by the removal of affected 

 leaves. (See FUNGICIDES.) 



RIBES. (CURRANT. GOOSEBERRY.) 

 Hardy deciduous shrubs (ord. Saxifrageae). 

 Propagation, by cuttings in summer and autumn, 

 or by seeds sown when ripe or in spring. Ordinary 

 garden soil. Those which flower early, and some 

 California!! species, such as speciosum, should have 

 a light soil and the protection of a wall in cold 



liliync/ioearpa (see Kedrostis). 



Itihbon fern (sec Ptt-ris serrulata and Vittaria"). 



liililton Grass (see Phalari* arundinacea varie- 



gata). 

 Itibbon Tree (sec PlagiantUus). 



districts. (See also CURRANTS and GOOSE- 

 BERRIES.) 

 Principal Species, Hybrids, and Varieties : 



alpinum, 3', spr., greenish 

 yel., fruit so. 



foliis aureis, Ivs. yel. 



pumilum, dwarf. 



sterile (syn. dioicum). 

 aiireum, 6 to 8', Ap., 



yel., fruit yel. or blk., 

 edible. 



- aurantiacum minus, 

 deep yeL , dwarf. 



prsecox, flowers early. 

 serotinum, Je., yel. 



teuuiflorum (syn. ten- 

 uirlorum of Lindley). 



gordom'anum, 6' to 8', 

 spr., yeL, red, hybrid 

 (sanguineumX aureum) 

 (syns. Beatoui and lou- 

 douianum) . 



Grossularia (see Goose- 

 berry). 



nigrum. Altaicum, dis- 

 sectum, liiciuiatum 



(syn. aconitit'olium), 

 reticulatuin aureum, 



and yariegatum are 

 vars. Black Currant. 



rubrum. Red Currant. 

 Album) WhiteCurraut), 

 foliis luteo-variegatis, 

 and Schlechtendalii are 

 vars. 



sanguineum, 4' to 8', spr., 

 ro., fruit dark pur. 



albidum, whitish. 



atrorubens, deep ro. 



atrosanguineum, 

 darker. 



cameum, pale ro. (syn. 

 carneum graudiflorum). 



- ttore-pleno, double ; 

 others are epruiuosum, 

 glutiuosum(*#H. R. glu- 

 tiuosum), intermedium, 

 and malvaceum (syn. 

 R. malvaceum). 

 speciosum, 4' to 8', sum., 

 red, fruit red (syns. 

 fuchsioides, stamineum, 

 and Robsouia speciosa) . 



Other Species and Varieties :- 



wh. (ty. subvestitum 

 of Botanical Magazine 

 4931). 



Meuziesii, 2J' to >', Mch., 

 ro. 



multifloruni, 4' to 6', 

 greenish yel., fruit red 

 (syns. album multi- 

 florum, urceolatum, 

 and vitifoh'um). 



oxyacanthoides, 2' to 3', 

 grn., fruit red or bl. 

 (syn. hirtellum, irrig- 

 uiini. saxosum, and 

 setosum). 



- Purpusii, gni., fruit 

 blk., red. 



prostratum, My., trailer, 

 gru., fruit red (,w///.v. 

 glandulosum, hudsoni- 

 anum and trifidum). 



punctatum, 3', tender, 

 yellowish gru. 



Roezlii, 3'. wh., red. 



rotundifolium, 4', brown- 

 ish wh., fruit dark red 

 (syns. gracile of Pursh, 

 not Michaux, and tri- 

 florum). 



villosum, Je. , yel. (Gay, 

 not Nuttall) (tyfM. 

 Bridgesii and Lavallei 

 of gardens). 



americanum, 4', , 



whitish, fruit blk. (*;/. 



campanulatuin, norid- 



um, missourieuse of 



gardens, not Nuttoll, 



etc.). American Black 



Currant, 

 bracteosum, 5' to 8', grn., 



fruit blk. 

 cereum, 3', sum., wh., 



fruit red (synx. in- 



ebrians, Kunthii, mex- 



icauum,and reniforme). 

 Cyuosbati, 4', grn. (syns. 



gracile and Grossularia 



Cynosbati). Dog Bram- 

 ble. 



diacantha, 4', My., green- 

 ish yel. . 

 divaricatum, 5' to 7', 



sum., wh., fruit blk., 



edible (syns. triflorum 



and villosum of Nuttall, 



not Gay), 

 fasciculatum, Ap., yel., 



fruit red. 

 integrifolium, 3', greenish 



yel. 

 japonicum, 3', spr., grn., 



fruit .red (KIJK. alpiuuni 



japonicum). 

 lacustre, 4', greenish yel. 



(;/. echinatum). 

 Lobbii, 6', Ap., pur., 



RICHARDIA. (ARUM LILY.) 

 Description. A genus of greenhouse or almost 

 hardy South African plants (ord. Aroideas). The 

 recent introduction of new varieties of africana, 

 the Arum Lily or Calla, and of several new 

 species, has given a stimulus to the cultivation of 

 these plants, which are of the highest decorative 

 value on account of their fine leaves and beautiful 

 spathes, the so-called "flowers." 



Hice (see Oryza sativa). 



Hire Flower (see l*imelea): 



Rice Paper (see Fatsia papy riferti). 



