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Subdivided ; with flondtr, fmooth, leafy branches. Leaves 

 rather dilbiit, italkcd, fmooth on both fides, pointed, en- 

 tire, three-ribbed, veiny ; ovate at the bafe. Fotjijlalh 

 round, fmooth, often as long as the leavers. CJuJlen axil- 

 lary, numerous, longer than the leaves, (lender, many- 

 flowered, rather zigzag. Flowers dioecious ; the males in 

 compound dujlers ; females in fimplc ones, all (talked, and 

 turned toward one fide. Corolla very mmute, yellowidi- 

 grecn in the male, reddi(h in the female bl,o(l'om3. Califule 

 comprelTed, with an ovale, falcate, membranous wing. 

 Stuartz. 



4. R. angujlifolia. Narrow-leaved Raiania. Swartz 

 Ind. Occ. v. I. 639. Mart. n. 3.—" Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate ; rounded at the bafe, three-ribbed. — Native of 

 extremely dry budiy places, in the well part of Hifpaniola, 

 where it climbs upon high trees, flowering in May. Root 

 annual. Stem thread-fhaped, round, twining, flaccid, fub- 

 divided, fmooth. Leaves nearly a fpan long, entire, three- 

 ribbed, veiny, fmooth. Footjlalhs fmooth, red, twilled 

 according to the direftion of the ft;em. Clujhrs axillary, in 

 pairs, the length of the leaves, pendulous, (lender, many- 

 flowered ; Xhi^ Jloiuers very minute, nearly feflile, red, poly- 

 gamous, five or fix on each of the alternate partial llalks, 

 all leaning one way. BraSeas very minute, acute, blood- 

 red, under the flowers. On fome plants the latter are en- 

 tirely male, with fix nearly feffile anthers ; on others all her- 

 maphrodite, with fix perfecl Jlamens, a triangular oblique 

 germen, no Jlyle, but three minute _/?ifmfl.f. Capfule as in 

 the relt of the fpecies. Siuartz. 



5. R. quinquefolia. Five-leaved Cluftered Raiania. Linn. 

 Sp. PI. 1462. (Jan-Raia fcandens quinquefoha ; Plum. 

 Ic. 149. t. 155. f. 2.) — Leaves five together at each joint, 

 elliptic-oblong. Cluilers lateral, between the joints. — Na- 

 tive of the Welt Indies, but hitherto obferved by Plumier 

 only. This feems to have the habit of all the foregoing, 

 except that the Jlem has tumid joints, at each of which 

 ftand five elliptic-oblong, obtule, entire, three-ribbed leaves, 

 about three inches long, on fliort footjlalks. The clujlers 

 are reprefented not axillary, as in the others, but lateral 

 and alternate, from the (paces of the Jlem between the 

 joints. 



Seftioa 2. Leaves compound. 



6. R. quinata. Five-leaved Umbellate Raiania. Thunb. 

 Jap. 148. Mart. n. 6. — Leaves five on a common llalk, 

 emarginatc. Umbels axillary. — Obferved by Thunberg 

 .ibout Nagafaki and in Kofido, in Japan, flowering in April 

 and May. Tlie Japanefe call this plant Fagi Kadfura, 

 and jlkebi. Stem twining, round, fmooth, a(h-colonred, 

 branched. Leaves fevcral' together, axillary, (talked, 

 fmooth, of five fepsrately (talked, umbellate, ovate, entire 

 leaflets, each from three-quarters of an inch to an inch and 

 a half long, emarginate with a point. Common footjlalks 

 thread-lhaped, fmooth, two inches or more in length ; 

 partial half as long as the finger nail. Floivers in umbels, 

 from the fame buds as the leaves, on flcnder (talks as long 

 as the footftalks ; partial it.ilks capillarv, the length of the 

 nail. This fpecies differs from the lalt in has-ing compound 

 leaves, and umbellate ^o-ztw-j. Thunberg. 



7. R. hexaphylla. Six-leaved Clufl:ered Raiania. Thunb. 

 Jap. 149. Mart. n. 7. — Leaves fix on a common flalk, 

 oblong, acute. Flowers racemofe. — Native of the country 

 of Fakoftia, in Japan, among bnlhes, flowering in April. 

 Its vernacular names are Akebi, Mte Kadfura, and Tfti So. 

 The Jiem is round, (triated, fmooth, climbing. Leaves al- 

 ternate, fmooth, fix on a ilalk, umbellate, on (lender partial 

 (talks, oblong, acute, entire, veiny, two inches long ; pale 

 at the back. Common footjalis round, bent, three or four 



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inches long, fwclling at each extremity. Flonvers in axil- 

 lary chillers, fnow-white. Differs from R, quinata in havinj; 

 inoftly fix leaflets on a ftalk, which are acute, reticulated 

 with veins at the back, and larger than in that fpecies. The 

 flowers moreover grow in clulters, not umbels. 



RAJAPILLA, in Geography, a town of Hiiidooffan, 

 in Myfore ; 1(4 miles N.N.E. of Anantpour. 



RAJAPORUM, a town of Hindooltan, in Barramaul ; 

 35 miles S. of Darcmpoury. 



RAJAPOUR, a town of Hindooftan, in the circar oi 

 Hiil'ar ; 48 miles W. of Miliar. — Alfo, a town of Hin- j. 

 dooftan, in the circar of Goliud ; 10 miles W. of Janfi. — -H 

 Alfo, a fea-port of Hindooftan, in Concan, where the ■' 

 Englidi and French had formerly failories. The place has 

 a good harbour, but it is not now frequented ; 6 miles N. 

 of Geriah. — Alfo, a town of Bengal ; 16 miles S. of Sil- 

 het. — Alfo, a town of Bengal ; 50 miles N.W. of Burd- 

 wan. — Alfo, a town of Hindooltan, in Bahar ; 27 miles 

 W. of Arrah. 



RAJARAJESWARI, in Mythology, a name of the 

 Hindoo goddefs Parvati. It means, in Sanfcrit, confort 

 of the lord of the king of kings. In the mafcuhne it is 

 Rajrajefwara, and is then a name ot her lord Siva. See 

 that article. 



RAJARSHI, is one defcription of faint or fage, of 

 whom four forts are comprehended in the more general term 

 of Ri(hi. Rajarflii means a royal fage, and is the lowelt of 

 the four ; the Devar(hi, or divine fage, being, as may be 

 fuppofcd, where Brahmans are the givers of dignity, the 

 firit. See more hereon under Maharshi and RisHl. 



RAJASEE, in Geography, a town of Hindooftan, in 

 the circar of Gohud ; 10 miles S.W. of Datteah. 



RAJASERAT, a town of Hindooftan, in the circar of 

 Sirhind ; 17 miles E.S.E. of Sirhind. 



RAIBACH, a town of Bavaria, in the territory of 

 Rothenburg ; 7 miles S. of Rothenburg. 



RAIBAUG, a town and circar of Hindooftan, in Vi- 

 fiapour ; 23 miles S. of Mafritch. N. lat. 16^ 35'. E. long. 

 74° 52'. 



RAIBOLINI, Francesco, in Biography. See Frav- 

 riA, II. 



RAJBLTLHAUT, in Geography, a town of Bengal ; 

 30 miles S. of Burdwan. N. lat. 22° 45'. E. long. 

 88° 7'. 



RAICAN, a town of Perfia, in the province of Irak ; 

 15 miles N.E. of Hamadan. 



RAICZ, a town of Hungary ; 6 miles S.S.E. of Bo- 

 le(l<o. 



RAIDURGAM, a town of Hindooftan, in the Car- 

 natic ; 15 miles W. of Tricolore. 



RAIDY, a tov^n of Bengal ; 25 miles S.W. of Doefa. 



RAIE, a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the province of 

 Diarbekir ; u8 miles S.W. of Diarbekir. 



RAJEEATA, a town of Hindooftan, in Guzerat ; 78 

 miles W. of Gogo. 



RAJEE-BEDUROO, a town of Hindooftan, in La- 

 hore ; 27 miles E. of Jummoo. 



RAJEGAUT, a town of Bengal ; 24 miles S.S.E. of 

 Ifiamabad. 



RAJEGUR, a town of Bengal ; 26 miles S. of Burd- 

 wan. — Alfo, a town of Hindooftan, in the circar of Gang- 

 pour ; 23 miles S.W. of Gangpour.— Alfo, a town of 

 Hindooftan, in Mewat ; 20 miles E. of Cotputly. — Alfo, 

 a town of Hindooftan, in the circ.ir of Gohud; 27 miks 

 S.W. of Narwa. — Alfo, a town of Hindooftan, in the <Hr- 

 c.-ir of Bundelcund ; 22 miles S.E. of Chatterpour. — Alfo, 



a town 



