reclinate 
Regularity 
Hy’brids, hybrids between the 
same parents, each being fertilized 
by the other. 
rec'linate,veclina’tus (Lat., bent back), 
turned or bent downward; re- 
clined, recli’ning, having its base 
on the ground, also one plant 
pressed on another. 
reclu’sus (Lat., laid open), improperly 
used for inclusus. 
recon’ditus (Lat., concealed), hidden, 
not readily seen. 
Recrudes’cence (recrudesco, to open 
afresh), the production of a young 
shoot from a ripened infructescence. 
rectiflo’rus (rectus, straight, flos, floris, 
a flower), where the axes of the 
florets are parallel to the main 
axis of the inflorescence, as in some 
Compositae ; rectiner’ved, rectiner’- 
vis, -vius (nervus, a nerve); rec- 
tive’nius (vena, a vein), straight- 
veined, parallel-veined, as in 
grasses; Rectipetal'ity (peto, I seek), 
Voechting’s term to express the 
tendency of organs to grow in a 
straight line ; rectise’rial (series, a 
row), in straight ranks; rec’tus, 
in a right line, straight, not 
curved. 
recur’vate, recur’ved, recur’vus (Lat., 
bent back), curved backward or 
downward. 
recuti’tus (Lat., skinned), apparently 
bare of epidermis. 
red, a general term for the most 
vivid of the primary colours, in 
Latin ruber; ~ -brown, porphyreus 
according to Lindley; ~ Snow, 
discolouration of snow by Haema- 
tococcus nivalis, Agardh, etc. 
Redu’ced Ves’sels, a term used by 
Rothert for (a) replacement of 
bordered pits by simple pits, (b) 
an incomplete development of the 
thickening bands and their looser 
arrangement. 
Reduc’tion (reductio, a leading back), 
diminution, as of the number of 
chromosomes in nuclear division; ~ 
Division = NUCLEAR REDUCTION. 
redu'plicate, reduplica’tus (Lat., 
doubled) = redu’plicative, redupli- 
cate'vus, doubled back, a term of 
aestivation when the edges are 
valvate and reflexed; Reduplica’- 
tion, an increase of parts by the 
insertion of additions on the same 
plan, as of whorls, etc. 
reflec’ted (reflecto, I bend back), 
reflexed. 
reflexed’, reflex’us (Lat., bent back), 
abruptly bent or turned downward 
or backward; Refiex’ion,  terato- 
logical change in position. 
Reflores’cence (refloresco, to blossom 
anew), flowering again, « second 
blossoming. 
refract’ed, refrac'tus (Lat., broken), 
bent sharply from the base back- 
ward. 
Regenera’tion (regeneratio, a repro- 
duction), vegetative growth after 
amputation and the drying of the 
wound. 
Regermina’tion (regermino, I sprout 
again), resumption of germination 
after it has been completely inter- 
rupted (L. H. Bailey). 
Re’gion, the area occupied by given 
forms; ~ of Distribu’tion, Watson’s 
term for the British regions defined 
by him. 
Re’gma (p7yua, a fracture), a fruit 
with elastically opening segments 
or cocci, as in Huphorbia, a form 
of schizocarp; Re’gmacarp, Regma- 
car'pium (xapros, fruit), a general 
name for a dry and dehiscent fruit. 
Regression (regressio, a retreat), 
Galton’s term for REVERSION ; re- 
gres’sus (Lat., gone back), (1) the 
same a8 REFLEXUS ; (2) the change 
from one organ into that which 
preceded it, as of petals into sepals. 
reg’ular, regula’ris (Lat., according to 
rule), uniform or symmetrical in 
shape or structure; of a flower, ac- 
tinomorphic; ~ Pelo’ria, peloria 
which have not produced their nor- 
malirregular parts; regularifior’ ous 
(flos, floris, a flower), when a disk 
or head of Compositue contains 
only tubular florets; regulariform’is 
(forma, shape), approximating 
regularity ; Regular‘ity, symmetry. 
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