KA:Mri<)N 



RAMPION, HORNED. Plnjt,n„<a. 



RAM'S HEAD. Cupripe^iiiu, am-llnton. 



KAMSTED. L-nutri<i rnh_iar>s. 



RANDIA (Isaac Rand, author of ati iinlrx ot j^laiits 

 rult. at i^otaniral (-iar-Ims nf tlir :Sncirt\- ..f ApMrlir- 

 (.-arirs at (.'h-Msca. j.uWH.^ImmI 17;-;i1 and 17:i',n. h'nhiiic,., . 

 A ^■ouvis of aixnu 100 sjun-irs of tro|.ifai shruhs. tivcs, 

 and woolly cliiulMM-s. Tlaiits ofh.-u s|.iii\- : 1 \ s. Mp]M>sii,.. 

 obovatc-olilniii;' to laiic-olatr. fiviiumtlv CMi-iacrous ; 

 stipules between the itHoIps and slrni. sIhut. and nsii- 

 ally joined to^'ethi-r: lis. whilo. yollnw or reddish, small 

 or larire. axillary or rarolv torininal, soliiarv. c.irviii- 

 [tose. or fas, dole.!: fr. a l-rrry. L;lnhos(' i.r uvnid. 'L'-lo,-iiiivd, 

 many-scodod. For <li>rini-T ions from .Mil rio^ri-nm aaid 

 Gurdonia. s^-e Garih )ii'i . 



A. Shnihs Jntrhuj .y>lHrs. 



dumetonim, Lam. {I>\ flonfuiwhi , 1)(_'.K A -mall troo 

 or ri,i.nd shrub \\itli stout, >rr:ii!_di(. ofrm Ion-- spiurs: 

 lv.>. 1-2 \\\. h.'wvi, short-jH tioh'd: tls. wliitr or ".^Trmish 

 yellow, fraua-ant. not larm'. -o|iu,rv or rai-idv '^-'^ "Yi a 

 pediinch-; .-ovolla ^j-'.i in. ano^^: h^-rry -lobosf r.r 

 OYiiid. "4-1 b^ ill. hmi;-. volhnv. 'rrn)M,'al A-ia. Cull, in 

 S. f^hi. 



AA. Shrnh^ nrtr>'S irithoi,/ sj,uns. 

 B. ('0rnU.,-/nhr \. h,. ]n,i<l. 



Fitzalani, F. 31m.dl. A aiabnms tnM.-: Ivs. often ovrr 

 6 m. loni:. ^biniu-. id)ovatt--oli|oiii,' or .dliprical, o))ni>o; 

 petiole rarlua- lone: tis. about 1 in.. a<'r<iss, in loosr. fiw^ 

 lid. eynu^s or the fortilr tls. solitary: fr. uiohnlar. 1 b, in. 

 thick or ovoid and longer, hanb Australia, (.'ult. in Fla. 

 PB. C<>r<<J!</-fi(h,: 4-10 ;„. hnnj. 



r. Lnlus nf v.,,-<>U.i nl./nsr. 



maculata, t>r. 1 <;<n-'V n'm ShDd, ii,)mi . Pb-iok. b A 

 mnch-branchL-d shrub in-i:, ft. hi-h': Ivs. (dliptical or 

 obovate-obloui^. 1 b^-.l in. hni^-, -.,-i.'._, in. \Add(:\ rharta- 

 oeous, acnmiuato, nan-owed at base ; petiole iisuallv 

 with glands near its nnion with the midrib; fls. usually 

 purple with white lobes, solitary, tfrminal or at ends of 

 short lateral branches, s.-ssil,.. :" fr. oval, oblojiLr <'r glo- 

 bose, pointed, l-j-3 in. lone". Tropical _\frica. K,H. 

 lS94:fjn. B.R. 31:47. bb^I. 4ls,-. i-in. ;;S:77:;. 



or. Lnh, V nf cn'Ihf ,>rufr. 



Ruiziana. DC. -V tendor s)iruii with (birk ^'reon. lau- 

 Ofohiti-. ai-ute A"s., and -wliito or pah- yellow tls, tormi- 

 na!, soli tar}", sf s> ilr : corolhi-tubc s<imiA\ Imr hairy ; lobi-s 

 sproadiuL,^: fr. cylindrical, yollow. "lO-uervod. llrazil, 

 P^l'^l- F. W. HAKrLVV. 



RANllVEA (ana-ram of li^i n>ie<i , and now lirst imb- 



lished). //-//vbo,/ of Foiirlii-. P'lh.n'irra . ( ) nr- .uorii-s 



of palm allied To Jlyoi'lmrbo. from which it diiiVrs, 

 among other things, in its ilwarfer habit, usually <lio'- 

 cious tiowers. and iu the dowers boin.'- ar-ran-vd alter- 

 nately on the short branches <pf the -padix. P.onidie's 

 generic name J^arviiec dates from l:s7,S. It a"|;i|")e;irs in 

 Bentham & Hooker [3;Ss:;) as /,'>i r.nia . In spellin- it 

 is so similar to Jit/r, ui<i of ^'ellozo. bs2"i. that the two 

 cannot be distingtiished by pronunciation. In the inter- 

 est of perspicuity, therefore, t!ie name is here changed 

 to J^'i tievfd , since both this plant and I?>'i:e)iia occur 

 in the American trade. 



Hildehrandtii {Ji'-'v^iin, nUJehrauniil. Bouche). 

 Beomin^'' S-12 ft. high, but flowering under cultivation 

 when half that height, spineless, erect: Ivs, elliptic-ob- 

 long or ovate-obh.mg iu outline, loDg-stalked. pinnate, 

 the pinnffi 20 or more paii's and narrow-lancr>olate-acute : 

 spadix long-stalked, the staminate recurved and with 

 short densely flowered siu'eading branches, the pistillate 

 erect with tiliforni strict bramdies thickened at the 

 base: fls. pale straw-color, the calvx 3-lobed. the petals 

 3 and joined at the base. tVie stamens 0: fr. black. Co- 

 moro Islands (east of Africa). I.H. 27:403. B.3I. 11776. 

 G.F. 4:2.59. -An excellent dwarf palm, .les.n-ibed by W. 

 Watson to be "as elegant as (1< iniomn qrarilis and as 

 sturdy as a Kentia. It deserves to take a I'rominent 

 place among L'ardcn palms, its small size, free haldt, 

 elegancp, good coirstitution. beini:: all iu its favor, while 



RAXFXrFLbS 



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in the freedom with whirh it Ih.wers au.l inoduee- -eed 

 We h.avc ;ui ex^eiilional (duu-acter anion- d^varf palms." 

 I'erfect dowers .ai'e sometimes pi-odn.M^d. allhmmh the 

 phant is haldtnally dio-eious. Kaiio\(-i is one of rhi' 

 rnost valualdc I'ahirs . d' recent int roducli<Mi. L l| B 



RANUNCULUS (Latin dinduutive i'or f |-o- : many o|' 

 the spi-cies grow in wel jihice--i. /I'-i h n wn In, . ,t . Itr'r- 

 TEiaa-p. (.bcowFuDT. The -enus i> by far the lar-ov] ju 

 the family, coTnprisin- fully 200 s|ie<des. Ninety of 

 tin 'NO are iia I i\ e or nal u ralizi'd in Xoi'tli Amt-iac'i . _Mo-t 

 nu'ndirrs ,d' the i;eini. are na In rally hardy. h,dn^- ionnd 

 in niouniainous regions ami in eold ami temporaie [larts 



of Ihe -lobe. 



f b'Uerie desciajition : I'ereiuiial 1 randy annnab herlis: 

 Ivs. alternate, simple, entire. lo))ed, disserted ordivjded : 

 ds. yellow, white or red: sejials usindly ."), dreidnoiis ,,r 



niareosri-ilt, per>iste]li : petals ,j OV more, i-oUspirm.tUS 



or minuie, nectar pit and scale at. Iiase; car|Mds nia?iv, 



1-ovuled; akenes -enerally battened, sniooili , -jKipiHoM- 



or spiny, borne in a hoad or 



spike; stvles UMllUte oi' id'Hl- 



i:ated. I'or strneiurc of tl:e 

 dov^-.'r and fruits, see bi-^. 

 bs74, 2073, 2U74. 

 For tlie botany 

 of the S]iecies 

 riati\"e to Amer- 

 ica, si-e the Syn- 

 optical Flora" of 

 Xorlh Anna-ie;,, 

 \ol. 1, part I, 



20-3!). The wrii- 

 ■^OTj. Flower of Buttercup cr < d' the ])resei it 21. 74. Head of 

 -Ranunculus acris. arti(de has tivat- akenes of 



XaTaral ^^:a■■ ed the wild and ButLcrcup. 



cultivated spe- 

 cies of ^Vnie|-ica in I\Iinnesola Botanical IStudic'-. series 

 2. i>art 4. )ci-es 4."".'.)-.')n.s 1 1000). 



The cnltivatcil forms of J,'. .J .^■b///'■,^s are coji^tanily 

 incrcasini;- in .uundn'r. They are of two nu\in t\pes: 



(1) Ihe riorists" section, calb'd Pi^Ksi.vx RANiAxcrij, m- 

 trni' !->'. Jslnfirifs. Those ri-Miiire more care than t\n- 

 otlit.a's. TJiey are quiti- \'ariable iu I'orni and color, and 

 are the nio-.t hi^iily cnl tivated nuuuliers of the ,^■enus. 



(2) The uardeiM.n's' section, callei.l Ti;kbax Ranum tli, 

 i>r v[\r. J fi-iv<i II us. bom pared with the lirst st.'c1 io]i, 

 these have lar-'er, broailer. 3-parted Ivs., not so nuich 

 cut: rbs. larger and l»roader. with many cri.--p ]»eTals, 

 not Hat and siu'eailiriL;- I nit e)-ect and (;ur\"ed inward, 

 fi>rnnng a s])herical llower, as in 1 he douide peonies. 

 ^^^ ^'-'- "■ K. C. Davis. 



Ttltuke of tue Asi.vtio R.vnunci-luses, — The cul- 

 ture of Kanuucnluses in gardeiis and by florivi -. has 

 lioeu confined chiefly to the 1 'er>ian and T,.rban Iv'anun- 



culus, 7?. -i.s-/((//c//.s, since the ,Vsial ic s|ie(des i-. far 



umre attractive than the European. In En-land and in 

 other Euro]iean gartteus, Ji. ^{ siai Inis has been in i-ul- 

 tivaiiou a \"ery lonir rime. I'ai'kinson mentiinis it in 

 his Paradisus. p\d,dislied iu lh2'.b He termed it "the 

 ilouble-red crowfi:>ot of Asia." Since his rinn' /ib J-s/<//- 

 icKS and its yarieties have lieen greatly improved, both 

 iu size of flowers and variety of colors. The 1 lowers are 

 yery double, almost globular in outline, and 'ifren ex- 

 ceed 2 iucln-'S iu <liameter, while the colors nowendirace 

 ahnost eviu-y shade ex^a'pt l.iliu', an<l soun- ai-e sirija-d 

 and varii-gated. A well-gro^yn mass of these eh;ii-ni i]-|- 

 flowers when in full l>lossom is a si;;ht not -oon for- 

 gotten. The3' are not as well known in Aunricau 

 gardens as in those of England or at least not iu the 

 eastern states, since the writer has rarely met with 

 them or seldom seen any reference to them in the liorti- 

 cultiiral periodicals. Thej^ are not adapted to either 

 spring or summer bedding. Their seasrm of blossoming 

 in this country is about the last wa-idv in May ami the 

 tirsf week in June, wliich is too late for sprinu" beddinur. 

 while the seasf.ui of blossoniini;' is too short for "-uinmer 

 bedding. Therefore a position shouhl be i;-iveu tln-m in 

 the herliaceous border "where they will n-ceive sojne 

 shade duriuLT the warnnu' parts of tin- day. or a level 

 place iu a ro(d-: Lrarden with a mnaliern a->pect. The 

 j-ools are tuberous, beinL;" lilse mini-'iinre d-dilia I'oots. 



