108 OF THE DIFFERENT 



Sarmentosiis, trailing. A creeping stem, barren of 

 flowers, thrown out from the root for the purpose of 

 increase, is called sarmentum or Jiagelliim, a runner, 

 f. 22, as in the Strawberry, Fragaria vesca, Engl. 

 JBot.t. 1524. When leafy it is generally denomin- 

 ated stolo^ a sucker or scyon, as in Bugle, ^Juga rep- 

 tansy t. 489, and Viola odorata^ the Sweet Violet, t. 

 619. When the stolo has taken root, it sometimes 

 flowers the first year, see Curt. Lond. fasc. 1. t. 63, 

 but generally not till the following season. 



Rectus, straight, as in Lilium, the different species of 

 garden Lily. 



StrictuSy expreses only a more absolute degree of 

 strajghtness. 



Laxus or Diffusus, loosely spreading, has a contrary 

 meaning, as in Bunias Cakile, Sea Rocket, Ejigl. 

 Bot. t. 231, and Sedum acre, Biting Stone-crop, t. 

 839. 



Flexuosus, zigzag, forming angles alternately from right 

 to left and from left to right, as in Smilax aspera, 

 Ger. em. 859^ and many of that genus, also Statice 

 reticulata. Matted Sea Lavender, Engl. Bot. t. 328. 

 In a less degree it is not un frequent. See Atriplex 

 pedunculata, t. 232. 



Alterne ramosus, alternately branched, as Polygonum 

 minus, t. 1043, Dianthus deltqides, t. 61, 85:c. 



Distichus, two-ranked, when the branches spread in two 

 horizontal directions, as in the Silver Fir, Pinus picea^ 

 Duhamel, Arb. v. I. t. I. (25) 



(25) [Also in the Hemlock tree, Fiiius Cajiadcjuis.'] 



