inflorescence in racemes, the spikelets of 

 which are subsessile and two-flowered ; 

 lower flowers neuter, one-glum ed and 

 three-nerved ; hermaphrodite flowers two- 

 glumed, membranaceous, shining, the low- 

 er glume three-nerved acute, the upper ob- 

 soletely three-nerved ; stamens two ; styles 

 two ; ovary smooth. This genus contains 

 hut two species, B. acuta and B. conferta, 

 both natives of Brazil. [D. M.] 



REINECKTA. The generic name of a 

 Chinese liliaceous plant related to Sanse- 

 viera, but more so to Ophiopogon, from 

 which it is hardly recognisable. R. cornea 

 is a tufted plant with a creeping rootstock, 

 thick fibrous roots, grassy leaves six inches 

 to a foot long; and rising from their midst 

 a flower-spike three to four inches high, 

 bearing a number of sessile rose-coloured 

 fragrant flowers, each seated in the axil of 

 a bract. They have a tubular perianth 

 with a six-lobed flat border, six stamens 

 opposite the lobes, and a three-celled three- 

 lobed ovary with four ovules in each cell. 

 Sanseviera carnea was the name first given 

 to this plant when introduced to English 

 gardens about the year 1792 ; afterwards it 

 was named Sanseviella carnea ; and now 

 Beineckia. [A. A. B.] 



REINE CLAUDE. (Fr.) The Green Gage 

 Plum. 



REINE DES BOIS. (Pr.) Asperula odo- 

 rata ; also Dianellaensifolia. — DES PRES. 

 Spircea Ulmaria. — DES PRES DU CA- 

 NADA. Spirwalobata. —MARGUERITE. 

 Callistephus chinensis. 



REINWARDTIA. The name given to 

 a genus of Linacece peculiar to the moun- 

 tainous regions of India, and consisting 

 of three species which were formerly in- 

 cluded in Linum; from which they differ in 

 having three or four instead of five styles, 

 as well as in the glands at the base of the pe- 

 tals being unequal or entirely deficient. B. 

 trujyna is a very common erect branching 

 deciduous-leaved bush often cultivated in 

 hothouses in England for the sake of its 

 handsome yellow flowers, which are nearly 

 one inch and a half across. The ash- 

 coloured twigs are furnished with ovate 

 or lance-shaped leaves two to three inches 

 long, and the flowers are solitary or two or 

 three together from the apex of the shoots. 

 It is readily propagated by cuttings or 

 pieces of the creeping root,which renders it 

 a troublesome weed in some parts of India. 

 This plant, which has been in cultivation 

 for upwards of sixty years, and is often 

 called Linum trigynum, has been named in 

 honour of G. C. Reinwardt, a celebrated 

 Dutch botanist. [A. A. B.] 



REISSEKIA cordifolia is the only spe- 

 cies of a genus of Bhamnacem, which is 

 most nearly related to Gouania, differing 

 chiefly in the flowers being disposed in 

 umbels instead of racemes. It is a scram- 

 bling Brazilian bush, with slender branches, 

 having tendrils like a vine, and alternate 

 stalked heart-shaped leaves, bearing in 

 their axils umbels of minute yellowish 



flowers much like those of the common 

 buckthorn. These are succeeded by three- 

 celled three-winged capsules, having the 

 wings papery in texture, and a single seed 

 in each cell. It was named in honour of M. 

 Reissek, a Continental botanist. [A. A. B.] 



RELBUN. The roots of Calceolaria 

 arachnoidea, which are largely collected in 

 Chili for dyeing woollen cloths crimson. 



RELHANIA. A South African genus of 

 Composites, comprising six species, three 

 of which are small bushes with an abun- 

 dance of heath-like leaves covered with 

 white down underneath, and solitary yel- 

 low flower-heads terminating the twigs; 

 while the others have smooth rigid oblong 

 leaves with recurved tips, and their yellow 

 flower-heads are in terminal corymbs: each 

 head with numerous florets intermixed 

 with chaffy scales, the ray-florets strap- 

 shaped and female, and those of the disk 

 tubular and perfect. The genus differs 

 chiefly from its near allies in the minutely- 

 toothed crown-like pappus which sur- 

 mounts the narrow achenes. [A. A. B.] 



RELIQUIAE. The withered remains of 

 leaves which do not fall off, but perish upon 

 a plant and adhere to it. 



REMIJIA. A genus of Cinclwnacece 

 closely allied to Cinchona itself, but differ- 

 ing in the structure of its seed-vessels, 

 and its peltate seeds, as well as in its in- 

 florescence and habit. They form slender 

 shrubs, with oblong or ovate revolute 

 leaves, lanceolate stipules, long interrupted 

 axillary racemes of flowers, and a corolla 

 which is woolly outside, and has Ave linear 

 limb-segments. In Brazil, where the 

 plants are found, some of the species, as 

 B. ferruginea, and B. Vellozii, are called 

 Quina de Serra, or Quina de Rernijo, and 

 their bark is used as a substitute for that 

 of Cinchona. [T. M.] 



REMIREA. A genus of sedges belong- 

 ing to the tribe Cyperece. The inflo- 

 rescence is in heads or clusters, the spike- 

 lets of which are one-flowered; glumes 

 four to five, the lower empty and blunt, 

 the uppermost containing the flower sharp- 

 pointed; stamens three; styles three-cleft. 

 The few species described under this genu's 

 are natives of subtropical countries, rang- 

 ing from South Africa to China, [D. M.j 



REMORS. (Fr.) Scabiosa succisa. 



REMOTE. Separated by intervals longer 

 than usual. 



REMUSATIA. A genus of Aracece, com- 

 prising a solitary species formerly known 

 under the name of Caladium viviparum. 

 This is an Indian plant with a tuberous 

 rootstock, from which are sent off long 

 branches bearing small bulbs, which after 

 a while fall off and grow into distinct 

 plants ; subsequently the peltate leaves 

 are produced. The spadix is short, entirely 

 covered with flowers, and completely en- 

 circled below by the yellow spathe ; above 

 it is exposed, owing to the spreading open 

 and bending downwards of the spathe. 



