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GLOSSARY OF BOTANICAL TERMS. 
Radiatus Jlos, a species of compound flowers, in which the florets of the 
disk are tubular, and those of the radius ligulate, as in the class synge- 
nesia. 
Radicalia/otia, leaves proceeding immediately from the root. 
Radicans caulis, a stalk bending to the ground, aud taking root where it 
touches the earth. 
Radicatum folium, leaves shooting out roots. 
Radio ula, a little root. 
Radius, a little root. 
Radius, a ray, the ligulale margin of the disk of a compound flower. 
Radix, a root. 
Ramea folia, regards leaves that grow only on the branches, and not on 
the trunk. 
Ramosissimus caulis, stalks abounding with branches irregularly disposed. 
Ramus, a branch of a tree. 
Ramosns caulis, a stalk having many branches. 
Receptaculum, receptacle, the basis on which the parts of fructification are 
connected. 
Reclinatum /otium, a leaf reclined or bending downward. 
Recurvation folium, a leaf bent backwards. 
Refli xus ramus, a branch bent back towards the trunk. 
Regularis corolla, a flower whose parts are regular in its figure and magni- 
tude. 
Remotus verticillus, when the whorles of flowers and leaves stand at a dis- 
t mee from one another. 
Renifornie/oRum, a kidney-shaped leaf. 
Repandum folium, a leaf having a bending or waved margin, without any 
angles. 
Rapens radix, a creeping root extending horizontally. 
Repens caulis, a creeping stalk, either running along the ground, on trees 
or rocks, and striking roots at certain distances. 
Reptans flagellum, creeping along the ground, as in fragaria. 
Restantes vedunculi, loot-stalks remaining on, after the fructification has 
fallen off. 
Resupinatio Jlorinm, when the upper lip of the flower faces the ground, 
and the lower lip is turned upwards. 
Resupiuatum folium, when the. lower disk of the leaflooks upwards. 
Retro flexus ramus, a branch bent in different directions. 
Retrofractus peduncular, bent backwards towards its insertion, as if it were 
broken. 
Retmsnni folium, when the apex of the leaf is blunt. 
Rhtedes, the red poppy, an order of plants in the fragmenta methodi natu- 
ralis of Linn reus, 
Rhombeum folium, a leaf whose shape nearly resembles a rhombus. 
Rhomboideum/ohum, a leaf of a geometrical figure, whose sides and angles 
are unequal. 
Rigidus caulis folia, stiff, hard, rigid. 
Rimosns caulis, abounding with clefts and chinks. 
Ringens, grinning and gaping. 
Rosaceus Jins, a flower whose petals are placed in a circle, in form like 
those of a rose. 
Rostellnm, a little beak, the descending plain part of the corculum of the 
seed. 
Rotacea*, a wheel, an order of plants in the fragmenta methodi naturaiis of 
Lionauis. 
Rotatns limbus corolla, a wheel-shaped flower, expanded horizontally, 
having a tubular basis. 
Rotundatum folium, a roundish leaf. 
Rubra lactcsccntia, red milkiness in plants. 
Rnderata loca, rnbbishy places. 
Rngosum folium, a rough or wrinked leaf. 
Sagittatnm folium, an arrow-shaped leaf. 
