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small, rough to the taste. The various kinds of apples are but varieties of 
the same species. 
cydo'nia, (quince, w. J. (^.) flowers solitary ; fruit tomentose ; leaves ovate, 
entire. Ex. 
QUERCUS. 19—12. iAmentacecB.') [From quero, to inquire, because the Druids gave their 
divinations from this tree.] 
aVba, (white-oak, M. T7.) leaves oblong, sinuate-pinnatifid, pubescent beneath ; 
lobes obtuse, entire, narrowed at their bases, particularly on full grown 
trees; fruit peduncled ; calyx somewhat bowl-form, tubercled, flattened at 
the base; acorn ovate. Fertile forests throughout the U. S. Timber firm 
and durable, of great use in ship-building, and in many other arts. 10-100 
feet high. 
Unclo'ria, (black-oak, M. T;^.) leaves obovate-oblong, slightly sinuate, pubes- 
cent beneath; lobes oblong, obtuse, obscurely toothed, mucronate ; cup flat; 
acorn depressed, globose ; bark dark-coloured. 
ba^miste'ri, (scrub-oak,) leaves on long petioles ; wedge-obovate, 3-5-lobed, 
entire on the margin, grayish-tomentose beneath; lobes setaceously mucro- 
nate ; cup sub-turbinate ; acorn sub-globose. Dry hills and barrens. 4-6 f. 
rv/bra, (red-oak,) leaves large, bright green; sinuses rounded; cup of the 
corolla shallow, base flat. 
coccin"ea, (scarlet-oak.) distinguished by the brilliant red of its leaves to- 
wards the close of autumn ; acorn short, ovate, cup turbinate, scaly. The 
wood is used for cooper's staves. 
RANUNCULUS. 12—13. (RanunculacecB.) [Diminutive of rawa, a frog, because it is found 
mostly in places where frogs abound.] 
A. Leaves divided. 
abor"tivus, (y. M. %) glabrous; stem striate, naked below; radical leaves 
heart-reniform, obtusely crenate ; cauline ones petioled, ternate. angled; 
upper ones sessile ; branches about 3-flowered. 9-15 i. 
re'pens, (y. M. %.) pubescent ; leaves ternate, 3-cleft, gashed; creeping shoots 
sent oti' in the summer ; peduncles furrowed ; calyx spreading. Damp. 
a'cris, (crowfoot, butler-cup, y. M. %.) hairs close-pressed, leaves 3-parted, 
many-cleft; upper ones linear : peduncles terete; calyx spreading. 1-3 f. 
scelera'tus, (celery-crowfoot, y. Au. %.) radical leaves petioled, 3-parted, the 
segments lobed, cauline ones sessile, 3-lobed; carpels small, numerous, 
forming an oblong head; stem 1 f., succulent, branched. 
his"pidus, (hairy-crowfoot, w-y.) stem and petioles with stifl", spreading hairs ; 
calyx hairy; styles short. Wet ground. 
rccurva' lus, csdyx and corolla recurved ; carpels uncinate ; stem erect; peti- 
oles covered with stiff", spreading hairs. Shady woods. 
Jl/iiviati^lis, (river-crowfoot, w. y, M. stem submersed; leaves dichoto- 
mous, capillary. 
buWo'sus, (y. M. %.) very hirsute; leaves ternate, 3-cleft, gashed and toothed ; 
stem erect, many-flowered ; petals obcordate, shorter than the reflexed se- 
pals; root bulbous. 
B. Leaves tmdivided. 
lingua, (great spearwort, y. Au. %.) leaves long, lanceolate, serrate, semi- 
amplexicaulis ; stem erect, smooth, many-flowered ; flowers large. Banks 
of streams. 2-3 f. 
fiammu'la, (spearwort, y. Ju.) leaves glabrous, lance-linear, lower ones peti- 
oled ; stem decumbent, rooting; peduncles opposite the leaves; flowers 
smaller than the preceding. Swamps. 12-18 i. 
RAPHANUS. 14—2. {CrucifercR.) [From mcZios, root, pAames?Aai, to grow quickly.] 
sati'vus, (garden radish, w. J. p.) leaves lyrate ; silique terete, torose, 2-celI- 
ed. There are several varieties of this species — one has a fusiform, ano- 
ther a globose, another a black, root. Ex. 
raphanis'trum, (wild radish, y. Au.) leaves simple, lyrate ; pod jointed, 1- 
celled, striate, 3-8-seeded. 1-2 f. Stem hispid. Fields. 
RESEDA. 12—5. (Capparides.) [Fromresedo, to appease ; so called from its supposed virtues 
in allaying inflammation.] 
odora'ta, (mignonette, w-y. Ju. leaves entire and 3-lobed; calyx equalling 
the Gorolla. Ex, 
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