Genus Riccia L. Plants are thalloid, forming rosettes or loose, dichotomous patches.

When the tuning-fork is brought over a resonant jar or bottle, the beats may be heard and the jumpings seen by a thousand people at once.

A proper switch is a slim, flexible branch off a tree or a bush. A switch applied to the buttocks stings fiercely. It may leave red marks or bruises, but it causes no lasting damage..

[…] a portion of the northern roadway of the bridge, measuring 70x30 feet, was entirely detached from its supporting cable and was only held up by the indirect support which it derived from the adjoining floorway.