OF THE CULM. 1*7 



less truly so. The term acaulis however 

 must never be too rigidly understood, for 

 logical precision is rarely applicable to natu- 

 ral productions. 



Caulis fasciculatiis, a clustered stem, is a 

 disease or accident, in which several 

 branches or stems are united longitudi- 

 nally into a flat broad figure, crowded 

 with leaves or flowers at the extremity. 

 It occurs in the Ash, several species of 

 Daphne, Ranunculus, Antirrhinum, &c. 

 In a kind ofFisum, called the Top-knot 

 Pea, it is a permanent variety propa- 

 gated by seed. 



2, Culm us. A Straw or Culm, is the 

 peculiar Stem of the Grasses, Rushes, 

 und plants nearly allied to them. It 

 bears both leaves and flowers, and its 

 nature is more easily understood than 

 defined. Many botanists have thought 

 this term superfluous. 



The Culm is occasionally 



Enodis, without joints, as in our common 

 Rushes, Juncus conglomtratus, EngL 

 But. t. 835, and effiusus, L 83G ; 



