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that part which hears the flowers in other 

 plants ; also the common petiole of a pinnate 

 leaf. 



Rac&dium, Link. From rakos, a torn garment ; 

 in allusion to the appearance of the plants. 

 Linn. 24, Or. 9, Nat. Or. Botrytacea. This 

 species is found in undisturbed wine-cellars. 

 Synonyme: 1, Fibrillaria vinaria— cellare 1. 



Rac&dium. See Sphdiria Racbdium. 



'a flower is said to he so when, in a 

 cluster or head of florets, those of 



Radiant, the circumference or ray are long 



Radiate, ( and spreading, and unlike those of 



Rated, | the disk. A stigma is said to be 

 rayed or radiant when its divisions 

 resemble the rays of a star. 



Radical, belonging to, or proceeding from, the 

 root. 



Radicant, rooting, producing roots from the 

 stem. 



Radicle, the root of an embryo. 



Radiola, Gmelin. From radiolus, a little ray ; 

 in allusion to the capsule being rayed. Linn. 

 4, Or. 3, Nat. Or. Linacc<e. A little white- 

 flowering, insignificant plant, found in sandy 

 places, 

 millegrana . White . 7, H. A. -jL Brit., sandy pi. 



Radish. See Rdphanus. 



Radius, the ray of a compound flower. 



Rafflesia Arn6ldi, called in Sumatra Ambim- 

 Ambun, and Krubut, is a parasitic flowering 

 fungus, discovered by Sir Stamford Raffles in 

 the interior of Sumatra, but is unknown in 

 this country. 



RafflesiACEJe, or Patma-worts, consists of a 

 few genera of singular flowering fungi, natives 

 of the East Indies. 



RAfnia, Thunberg. In honour of C. G. Eafn, 

 of Copenhagen, a botanical author. Linn. 16, 

 Or. 6, Nat. Or. Fabacece. This is a genus of 

 remarkably pretty plants ; they succeed well 

 in peat and loam, and young cuttings root 

 without difficulty in sand, under a glass. Sy- 

 nonymes: 1, Crolalaria oppbsita ; 2, Borbbnia 

 cordata. See Vascba. 

 angulata . . Yellow . 5, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. 

 cordata . Yellow . 5, G. Ev. 8. 2 C. G. 

 cuneifdlia . Yel. pur. 6, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. 

 elliptica . . Yellow . 6, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. 

 filifblia . Yellow . 6, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. 

 lahcea . . . Yellow . 6, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. 

 opp6sita I . Yellow . 6, G. Ev. S. 2 C. G. 

 triflbra 2 . . Yellow . 6, G. B. 2 C. G. 



Ragged robin. See L&chnis Floscuculi. 



Rag-moss-leather. See Racbdium. 



Ragwort. See Othdnna. 



Ragwort. See Senecio Jacobdsa. 



Raisins and Currants of the shops are dried 

 grapes. 



Rajania, Linn. In honour of John Ray, an emi- 

 nent English naturalist. Linn. 22, Or. 6, 

 Nat. Or. Dioscoridacece. Stove climbers, of 

 no beauty, growing in peat and loam. They 

 may be readily increased by division of the 

 root— conidfo, Jiastata, quinquefblia. See Ake- 

 bia. 



RamalIna, Acharius. From ramale, a withered" 

 branch ; habitat of the plants. Linn. 24, Or. 



8, Nat. Or. Parmelidcece. Greyish-coloured 

 Lichens, found on rocks and dead branches of 

 trees—; farinacea, fastigiata, f. calicaris, frax- 

 inea, pollindria, polymbrpha, scopulbrum. 



Rambutan, or Rambootan. See Nephelium 

 (Euphbria Nephblium) lappaceum. 



Ramenta, little brown withered scales, with 

 which the stems of some plants, especially 

 ferns, are covered. 



Ramifications, subdivisions of roots or 

 branches. 



Ramondia, Richard. In honour of M. L. Ra- 

 mond, a French botanist and traveller. Linn. 

 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. Gcsneracece. A genus con- 

 sisting of one very pretty little alpine plant, 

 well adapted for the front of flower-borders, or 

 for growing in pots. Any light soil suits it, 

 and it is readily increased by division of the 

 root. Synonymes: 1, Verb&scum Mycbni, 

 Chalxia Mycbni. 

 pyrenalca 1 . Purple . 5, H. Her. P. \ Pyrenees 1781 



Ramontchi. See Flacourlia Rambntchi. 



Ramoon-tree. See Trbphis. 



Ramose, branchy. 



Rampion. See Phyteilma. 



Rampion. See Campdnula Rap&nculus. 



Rampion. See Cijphia Phytzuma. 



Ram's-head Chick-pea. See Cicer ariellnum. 



Ramson. See Allium urslnum. 



RAmuli, twigs, or small branches. 



Randia, Houston, In honour of J. Rand, a 

 London botanist. Linn. 5, Or. 1, Nat. Or. 

 CincJwnacece. This genus is nearly allied to 

 Oardinia, and requires precisely the same 

 treatment. Synonymes: 1, R. aculedtta, oho- 

 vMa, Gardenia R&ndia ; 2, G. multiflbra ; 3, 

 R. longiflbra'; 4, R. obovata; S, PeMnga Rox- 

 bArghii, Rothmdnnia longiflbra. . 

 armata . . White . 5, S. Ev. S. 4 W. Ind. . 1813 

 Bowieana . Pa. yel. . 6, 8. Ev. S. 6 Brazil . . 1815 

 fasciculata . White . 7, S. Ev. S. 4 E. Ind. . 1824 

 floribtlnda . White . 7, S. Ev. S. 5 E. Ind. . 1825 

 h6rrida . . White . 5, S. Ev. S. 5 China . . 1825 

 latifblia 1 . White . 7. S. Ev. S. 12 W. Ind. . 1733 

 longiflbra 2 . White . 8, 8. Ev. 8. 4 E. Ind. . 1818 «■ u l 

 macrantha 3. Cr. col. . 8, 8. Ev. 8. 5 S. Leone . 1596 

 ohovata . . White . 5, S. Ev. S. 6 N. Grnda. 1818 

 oxypgtala . YelsK. . 5, S. Ev. S. 6 Saharnpr. 1843 

 parviflbra . White . 8, S. Ev. S. 4 W. Ind. . 1818 

 pubescens 4 . White . 7, 8. Ev. S. 6 Peru . 1820 

 racembaa 5 . Grn. wt. 7, S. Ev. 8. 6 E. Ind. . 1820 

 rotundifblia . White . 7, 8. Ev. S. 6 Peru . 1820 

 sinensis . . White . 7, G. Ev. S. 6 China . . 1818 



RanunculacejE, or Crow-foots. A large 

 group of plants, of which the common butter- 

 cup (Ranunculus bulbbsa), the Anemone, and 

 the Clematis may be cited as familiar examples. 

 Acridity, causticity, arid poison, are the cha- 

 racteristics of the order. 



Ranunculus, Linn. From rana, a frog ; many 

 of the species are found in moist places fre- 

 quented by that reptile. Linn. 13, Or. 1, 

 Nat. Or. Ranunculacece. Many of the plants 

 belonging to this extensive genus are well 

 worth the cultivator's care, and they have long 

 been favourites with the florist. The aquatic 

 kinds require to be grown in water. The gru- 

 mose-rooted species will thrive in any common 

 soil, and in any situation ; they are increased 



