frhizantheæ

pl. [Pref. rhiz-; Gr. anthos =a flower, and Lat. pl. adj. suff. -eœ.] rhizophoraceӕ ve els. Color brown, yellow, or purple, never green. Flowers naked, or with a trimerous or pen- tamerous calyx with stamens and carpels. Most of them stain water a deep blood-red. They vary greatly in appearance. Brown, Griffith, ., opposed their erection into a separate cla , believing them Balanophoracem, Cytinacee, Raffles i ace. Bot.: Rhizogens. ( Blume .) (RHIZOGEN.] rhi-zăn-thous, adj . [Greek rhiza a root, and degenerate exogens. Called also Rhizanths. Orders, anthos a flower.] Bot.: Flowering from the root. rhi-zine, rhi-zi-nạ, s. [ Gr.rhiza =aroot.] Bot.: The root of a mo or of a lichen. ( Link.) Called also Rhizula. rhi-zō-, pref. [RHIZA-.]