RICHARD I A

(Lat.), n. f. Re-sha'rd'JS-a'. From Richard, a French botanist. Fr., richardee. 1. Of Linnaeus, the genus Richardson i a. 2. Of Kunth, a genus of the Aroidece. |B. 42. 170 (a, 35).] R. rethiopica, R. africa i i a. Egyptian lily, lily-of the-Nile, trumpet lily, white arum lily, calla lily: a species of R. (2d def.) growing in eastern Africa. Its tuberous root, radix ari cethiopica, was formerly used like the corm of Arum maculatum. [B, 180, 314 (a, 35).] [s. 408]