rhinæsthesia (rin esthesia)

[NL., rhinal (ri'nal), α. [ To make the laryngeal and rhinal mirrors available, the artificial illumination of these parts [hidden behind and above the palate] is nece ary. Pop. Sci . Mo., XII. 170. conspicuous, dark, gland-bearing bristles. Their leaves are oblong, short-petioled, three-nerved, entire or bristle toothed, the flowers solitary or cymose, commonly of a purplish-red color with yellow stamens, and very pretty. IMG:content-2197.png:[ocr errors][merged small][merged small] The Inflorescence of Meadow-beauty ( Rhexia Virginica ). a , the fruit; b, a stamen; c, a leaf. They bear the names deer - gra and meadow - beauty, the latter applying especially to R. Virginica, the best-known and most northern species, sometimes cultivated. 2. In zoöl . , a genus of hemipterous insects. Rhexieæ (rek-si'ē-ē), n. pl. [NL. (A.P.de Candolle, 1838), ical America. nose, + άλγος, pain.] Pain, especially neuralgic pain, in the nose. Rhinanthaceæ (ri-nan-tha'sē-ē), n. pl. [NL. (Ju ieu, 1805), calyx, inflated in fruit; by four unequal stamens with equal anther-cells; and by a roundish capsule containing few winged seeds. The 2 or 3 very variable species are natives of temperate and northern regions in Europe, Asia, and America. They are annual erect herbs, more or le parasitic on the roots of gra es. They bear opposite crenate leaves, and yellow, violet, or bluish flowers se ile in the axils of deep-cut floral leaves, the upper flowers condensed into a spike. R. Crista - gall i of the northern Old World is the common rattle, yellow rattle, or rattlebox of Great Britain: also called penny -gra and cockscomb. It is often injurious to herbage on account of its parasitic habit. rhinarium (rī-nā'ri-um), n.; pl. rhinaria (-a). [NL.,