8 ASCENDING PART. HERBAGE. 



24. From, a Frond, is a stem and leaf in one, bearing 

 the fructification, as in Ferns, where the flowers and 

 seeds grow mostly on the back ; or the Lichen and 

 Sea-weed tribes, where they are more or less im- 

 bedded in the leafy or crusty substance of the plant. 

 This term is only nsed in the class Cryptogamia, 

 whose flowers are anomalous, or ill understood. In 

 spiked Ferns the frond is partially transformed 

 into fructification. 



25. Stipes, a Stipe, is the Stem of a Frond (24), as 

 in Ferns, where it is commonly scaly ; or the stalk 

 of a Fungus (Mushroom), fig. 129. 



26. Gemma, a Bud, contains the rudiments of a 

 plant, or part of a plant, latent, and wrapt up in 

 scales, till the season is fit for their expansion. 

 Vernatio is used by Linnaeus to express the dis- 

 position or folding of the scales. 



27. Buds chiefly belong to trees of cold or temperate 

 climates, and powerfully resist cold till they begin 

 to open. 



28. The Buds of herbaceous plants (10) are radical 

 Bulbs are the buds of a certain tribe of herbs (8), 

 their scales being no other than subterraneous 

 leaves, as is evident in Lilium. 



29. Some buds contain only leaves, others only 

 flowers (20), others both. 



30. Folium, a Leaf, a very general, but not universal 

 organ, is of an expanded form, usually green, pre- 

 senting its upper suiface to the light; the under 



