OF THE FLOWER-STALK. IIT 



S. Petiolus. The Footstalk, or Leafstalk. This 

 term is applied exclusively to the stalk of a leaf, which 

 is either simple, as in licniunculiis parvijiorus^ Engl. 

 Bot. t. 120, Slum angusti folium^ t. 139, and all sim- 

 ple leaves ; or compound, as Coriandnim sativum, t. 

 67, and Fumaria daviculata, t. 103. In the latter 

 the footstalks end in tendrils, and are called Petioli 

 cin'ije?-i. (39) 

 This part is commonly channelled on the upper side. 



Sometimes it is greatly dilated and concave at the base, 



as in Angelica sylvestris^ t. 1128. 



The Footstalk bears the Flower- stalk in Turnera 



ulmifolia, Linn. Hort. Cliff, t. 10. Menyanthes indica^ 



Curt. Mag. t. 658, and perhaps Epimedium alpinum, 



Engl. Bot. t. 458. 



6. Frons. a frond. In this the stem, leaf and 

 fructification are united, or, in other words, the flow- 

 ers and fruit are produced from the leaf itself, as 

 in the Fern tribe, Scolopendrium vidgare, Engl. Bot. 

 t. 1150, Polypodium vulgare, t. 1149, Aspidium, t. 



(39) [The Petiole or leaf stalk may be 



Teres^ round, as in the common Hollyhock. 



Semiteres, half round, as in the yellow Water Lily, JVi/m- 

 fihxa advena. 



Co?n/ij-essjis, flattened, as in the Lombardy Poplar. Pojmlns 

 dilatata^ also P. grandidentata, and others. 



Alatus, winged, or furnished on each side with a leafy appen- 

 dage, as in the Orange tree, also in Phr^s Cofialllmun, called 

 Copal, Dwarf, or White Sumach. 



Cirrhifer, bearing tendrils, as in th^ Fumaria above, and the 

 common Pea. 



Scandens, climbing, performing the oflire of a tendril, as in the 

 C'le?na!is Ftrpnia/m.'] 



