When ripe the antheridia rupture or dehisce transversely at the top

Le Maout and Decaisne, Botany (trans.), p. 933. rupturewort (rup'tūr-wėrt), n. A plant of the genus Herniaria, especially H. glabra of Europe and Asiatic Ru ia (see burst wort ); also, an amarantaceous plant of the West Indies, Al tern anther a poly go no ides, somewhat resembling Herniaria. rural (rö'ral), a. and n. [OF. (and F.) rural = Pr. Sp. Pg. rural = It. rurale, He spied his lady in rich array, As she walk'd ower a rural plain. 2. That which is rural; a characteristic of rural life; a rusticity. [Rare.]