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RESUPINATIO Piorutn ; when the lahlvm 



fuper'im of the corolla faces the ground, and the 



inferius i^ turned face upward, as in the Viola 



europea, Ocytnum, ylji'ga orientalh, and fome 



fnecies of the Satyrhaii. 



.■RESUPINATUM Folium, [refupino, to turn 

 t]pwards] turned upfide down. 



Rrfupinata Corolla, as in the Schropbularia. 



RETROFLEXUS Ramus [retro, backward, 

 & JIcxus, bent] according to Linn2eus, the 

 thii-d degree of curvature ; three times bent ; 

 bent in three difterent direftions. See Defe- 



xus, Rrjkxits. 



RETROFRACTUS Pechmculus, [ex retro, 

 backwards, & frangor, to be broken] bent or 

 bowed backward towards its infer tion. 



RETUSUM Faliuin {rctundor, to be blunt- 

 ed] the natural meaning of this word is the 

 ilime Tisobtufum; but Linnaeus chufes to under- 

 ftand them very differently. See Ohtufum. 

 Retufum he explains thus, quod terminatur ftnu 

 ohttifo, terminating In an obtufe ftnus. Both 

 thefe words regard the apex. The Folium re- 

 tufum is exemplified in the Frankenia pulveru- 

 knta, 



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