1S($ or STEMS. 



perjoJiatay t. 60, and Pulmonaria ma- 

 ritlma, t. 368. 



Striatus, striated, marked with fine Tpa.- 

 YnWiiWines^ a&OenantheJistulosai t» 363. 



StdcatiiSy furrowed, witU deeper lines, as 

 Smyrnium Olusairum, t, 230. 



Macidaius, spotted, as Hemlock, Conium 

 maculatiun^ t. 1191- 



The spines and prickles of the stem will be 

 explained hereafter. 



Internally the stem is either solidiis, solid, 

 as that oi Inula crithmoides, t, 68, and nume- 

 rous others ; or cavus, hollow, as in Cineraria 

 palustris, t. 151, as well as Hemlock, and 

 many umbelliferous plants besides. 



Plants destitute of a stem are called acaules, 

 stemless, as Neotiia acaidis, E.iot, Bof, 1. 105, 

 and Carduus acauUsy Engl. Bot, t. l6l. 

 Such plants, when they belong to a genus 

 or family generally furnished with stems, as 

 in these instances and Car Una a caul is, Camer. 

 Epit. 428, are liable from occasional luxu- 

 riance to acquire some degree of stem, but 

 seldom otherwise. Pinguicula, Engl BoL 

 t 70 and 145, is a genus invariably stemless, 

 while Primida, f. 4, 5, 6 and 513, is much 



