OP THE STEM. 117 



from each division, it is called caiiUs di- 

 chotomus,f. 17, a forked stem, as in Chlora 

 pej'foliata, Engl. Bot. t. 60, as well as 

 the common Mouse-ear Chickweeds, Ce- 

 rasiiurn vulgatiim, t. 789, and viscosimi, 

 t. 790. 



Though generally leafy, a Stem may 

 be partially naked, or even entirely so in 

 plants destitute of leaves altogether, as 

 the Creeping Cereus, CactiisJlageUiformis^ 

 Curt. Mag. t. 17, various exotic species 

 of Euphorbia or Spurge, and the whole 

 genus of Stapelia. In Orobanche, it is 

 scaly, f. 18, sqiiamosus. 



With respect to mode of growth, the 

 Stem is 



Erectus, upright, as in Yellow Loosestrife, 

 Lysimachia vulgaris. Engl. Bot. t. 76l. 



Frocitmbe72Sy procumbent, Wood Loosestrife, 

 L. nemorum, t. 527' 



Repens, creeping. Creeping Loosestrife, L, 

 Nufnnmlaria, t. 528, and Creeping Crow- 

 foot, Ranunculus repens, t. 51 6. 



Adscendejis, ascending obliquely without sup- 

 port, as Panicum sanguinak, t. 849- 



Rrostratus, prostrate, or Depreasus, de- 

 pressed, when it lies remarkably flat, 



