BOTANIC TERMS 



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DEFINITIONS. 



ROOT, (radix) an organ nourifhing the plant. 

 Duration. 



1 Annual, (annua) perifhing with the year. 



2 Biennial, (biennis) flowering another year and then perifhing. 



3 Perennial, (perennis) flourishing again through many years. 



Figure. 



4 Fibrous, (fibrofa) confifting intirely of threads. 



5 Branchy, (ramoja) fubdivided into fibres. 



6 Spindle-form, (fujiformis) flmplifh tapering. 



7 End-bitten, (pramorfa) as if lop'd at the point. 



8 Creeping, (repens) running fome length and then budding. 



9 'Jointed, (articulata) intercepted with joints. 



10 Teeth-like, (dentata) necklace-form, with joints chained together. 



11 Globular, (globofa) roundifh ( 1 56) with lateral rootlets. 



1 2 Tuberous, (tuber ofa) flelhy parts connected at the bafe by a thread. 



13 Fafcicled, (fafcicularis) flelhy parts connected at a fenile (148) bafe. 



14 Handed, (pahnata) flefhy lobed. (iSl) 



1«; Bulbous, (bulbofa) furnifhed with a bulb. (652) 



j 6 Granulated, (granidata) befprinkled with flelhy particles. 



TRUNK, (truncus) an organ multiplying the plant 

 Kinds. 



17 Stem, (caidis) a trunk elevating the fructification ar-t! leaves, 



18 Culm, (culmus) appropriated to grafles. 



19 Scape, ffcapus) elevating the fructification^ but;- 



20 Stipe t (jiipcs) a trunk becomng leaves. 



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