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Receptacle. The end of a flower stalk, being the base to Avhich 

 most or all the parts of fructification are attached. 



Reclined, or Reclining. Bending over, with the end inclining to- 

 ward the ground. 



Recurved. Curved backwards. 



Reflexcd. Bent backward, more than recurved. 



Regma. A few seeded, superior dry fruit, with three or more 

 cells, bursting from the axis elastically, and separating into 

 two valves, as in Ricinus. 



Reniform. Kidney shaped. Heart shaped without the point. 



Repand. Slightly wavy or serpentine at the edge ; as the leaves 

 of Menyanthes trifoUata. Med. Bot. PI. 46. 



Resupinate. Turned upside down ; as the leaves of Juniperus 

 communis. Med. Bot. PL 44. 



Reticulate. Netlike. Having veins distributed like net work. 



Retrorse. Turned backward. 



Retuse. Having a slight sinus, or superficial notch in the end. 

 Less than emarginate. 



Revolute. Rolled backward or outward. 



Rhizoma. A horizontal part, partly or wholly subterraneous, 

 which produces roots and stems, and increases by its ante- 

 rior extremity. 



Rhizocarpous. Perennial plants, in which the stem dies annually 

 and the root only endures. 



Rhomboidal. Having four sides, with unequal angles. 



Ribbed. Marked with parallel ridges or veins. 



Ringent. Irregular, with an upper and under lip. See labiate. 



Rooting. Sending out lateral roots. 



Root stock. Same as Rhizoma. 



Rostellum. See radicle. 



Rostrate. Furnished with a beak. 



Rotate. Wheel shaped. Flat without a tube ; as in the flowers 

 of Solanum dulcamara. Med. Bot. PI. IS. 



Rugose. Wrinkled. 



Ruminated. Wrinkled as in the Nutmeg. Applied to the 

 albumen of seeds. 



Runcinate. Having large teeth pointing backward ; as the leaves 

 of the dandelio7i. 



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