*xx. BOTANIC TERMS. 



425 Nodding^ (nutans) (36. J 



426 Flaccid^ (flaccidus) weak, bending beneath 



the weight of its flower. 



427 Ajc endings (afcendens) (33.) 



428 Pendulous) (pendulus) loofe, hanging down- 



wards with its leaf. 



429 Straight) (flriclus) (29.) 



430 Winding) (Jlcxuofus) bending from flower to 



flower. 



431 Retrofracled) (rctrofratlus) as if forcibly brought 



to hang down. 



432 Many-flower d) (multiflorus) from the number 



of flowers on one ftalk. 



Structure. 



433 Eoluhiitar, (teres) (47.) 434 Tbree-flded, (triqueter) (53.) 



435 Four-corner' «) (tetragonns) ($1.) 



430 Thread-form, (filiformis) every where of equal thicknefs. 



437 T*per*d) (attenuatus) gradually lofing its thicknefs towards the 



top. 

 43 c CiuVd) (clavatus) (299.) 

 439 'thicken* a\ (incrajjatus) gradually acquiring a greater bulk towards 



the top. 

 443 Naked) (nudus) (212.) 441 Scaly, (fqua?nofus) (58.) 442 Leaved 



(fonatus) (56.) 

 44.3 Bracled) ( braEteatm ) furnifhed with a brad. 

 4., 4 Knottea, (geniculars) (43.) 445 Jointed) ( articulatus) (82.) 



446 INFLORESCENCE, (inflorefcentia) is the manner in which 



flowers are joined to their peduncles. 



447 VERTICIL, (verticillus) many flowers furrounding the ftem like 



a ring. 



448 Sejfdc) (fjjilis) without apparent pedicils. 



449 Fcduncled) (pedunculatus) with peduncles elevating 



the flower. 



450 Naked, (nudus) oppofed to 451, 452. 



45 1 Involucred) (involucratus) furnifhed with an invo- 



lucre. 



452 Bracled) (bracleatus) (443.) 



453 Crowded) (confertus) the peduncles near together 



454 Dijlant) {dijlans) the peduncles remote. 



455 HEAD 



