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gram-in'Z-tis (L. grdmineus, 

 grassy from grdm&n, grass); R. 

 acris, Ctk'-ris (L. deer, sharp, 

 masc. ; dcris, sharp, fern. ) ; and R. 

 flammula, flam'-mul-a (L. flam- 

 Tfiula, a little flame from flam- 

 ma, a flame), are species which 

 are all acrid, the acridity entirely 

 disappearing by drying : R. rep- 

 ens, rep'-enz (L. repens, creeping); 

 R. aquatilis, dk'-wat>il'.ts (L. 

 aqudtilis, growing in or found 

 in or near water from aqua, 

 water); R. lingua, ling'-gwa (L. 

 lingua, a tongue); R. ficaria,/i&- 

 dr'-i-a (L.ficdrius, belonging to 

 a fig from ficus, a fig), are 

 species which are bland. 



raphe, n., rdf-e (Gr. rhaphe, a 

 seam), in bot., applied to parts 

 which appear as if they had been 

 sewn together ; in seeds, the 

 channel of vessels which connects 

 the chalaza with the hilum ; in 

 umbelliferous plants, the line of 

 junction of the two halves of 

 which their fruit is composed ; 

 in anat., the raised seam-like 

 line which runs along the perin- 

 seum to the anus. 



raphides, n. plu., raf-id-ez (Gr. 

 rhaphis, a needle, rhaphidos, of 

 a needle), in bot, minute crystals, 

 like needles, found in the tissues 

 of plants: raphidian, a., rdf-id- 

 i'dn, pert, to the raphides. 



Raptores, n. plu., rap- tor' ez (L. 

 raptores, robbers from rapto, I 

 plunder), the Order of the birds 

 of prey. 



rash, n., rash (It. raschia, itch- 

 ing), an eruption in the skin. 



Rasores, n. plu., raz-or'-lz (L. 

 rdsores, scrapers), the Order of 

 the scratching or scraping birds, 

 as common fowls. 



ratitse, n. plu., rat-It' e (L. ratlt- 

 us, marked like a raft from 

 rdtis, a raft), cursorial birds 

 which do not fly, and have there- 

 fore a raft-like sternum without a 

 median keel. 



rattles, n. plu., ral'-lz (Dut. rat- 

 Z 



elen, 'to make rattling sounds), 

 the noise in the throat caused by 

 the air passing through the 

 mucus filling the air passages, 

 which often precedes death. 



re-agent, n., re-ddj'ent (re and 

 agent), in chem., a substance 

 emplo} 7 ed to detect the presence 

 of other bodies. 



receptacle, n., r$-s$pt'a-kl (L. 

 receptaculum, a magazine or 

 storehouse from re, back; capio, 

 I take), in bot., that part of the 

 fructification which bears or 

 receives other parts, as the ex- 

 panded top of the peduncle of a 

 dandelion, the inner surface of a 

 fig, etc. ; a chamber in which 

 secretions are stored. 



receptaculum chyli, re'sfy'tdtful' 

 'Urn kll'-l (L. receptaculum, a 

 magazine or storehouse ; chylum, 

 a Latinised form of Gr. chulos, 

 juice or humour, L. chyli, of juice), 

 a small chamber or cavity lying 

 in the abdomen behind the aorta, 

 and in front of the second lumbar 

 vertebra, which receives the chyli 

 from the lacteals of the intestine, 

 and various lymphatics : recep- 

 tacula seminis, sem'm-is (L. 

 sem&n, seed, seminis, of seed), 

 the receptacles of the semen ; 

 organs in earthworms which re- 

 ceive the male reproductive fluid: 

 receptaculi arterise, dr-ter'i-e (L. 

 arterice, arteries), the arteries x of 

 the receptaculum, see ' arteria. ' 



receptive spot, re-sept'-iv, in bot., 

 the point in the oosphere of ferns 

 where the antherozoids effect an 

 entrance. 



reclinate, a., re-Uln'-dt (L. reclln- 

 dtus, bent back, reclined), in bot., 

 curved down from the horizontal; 

 having the leaves folded longi- 

 tudinally from apex to base in 

 the bud: reclination, n., rek'-lm* 

 of- shun, in surg., an operation 

 for the cure of cataract. 



recrudescence, n., re r 'kr6'dea's'$ns 

 (L. recrudescens, breaking out 

 again from re t again ; crudesco, 



