300 QR1SMOLOGY. 
2. Furcate (Furcata). Dividing into two. Plate 
XVIII. Fig. 11. 
3. Ramose {Ramosa). Furnished with lateral branches. 
Plate XI. Fig. 18. 
4. Decussate {Decussata). Sending forth lateral 
branches which alternately cross each other. 
5. Divaricate {Divaricata). Standing out very wide. 
XII. DIVISION. 
1. Segment {Segmentum). The great inosculating 
joints of the body. 
2. Joint {Art iculus). The joints of a limb or member. 
3. Incisure (Incisura). A deep incision between the 
segments, when they recede from each other. 
4. Suture {Sutura). The line of separation of any 
two parts of a crust which are connected only by 
membrane or ligament, but do not inosculate. 
a. Spurious Suture (Sutura spuria). An impressed 
line in any part of a body, which resembles a su- 
ture, but does not really divide the crust. 
XIII. DIRECTION. 
1. Longitudinal {Longitudinalis). Running length- 
wise. 
2. Transverse {Transversa). Running across : when 
the longitudinal line is cut through at right angles. 
3. Oblique {Obliqua). Running sideways. When the 
longitudinal line is cut through at acute angles. 
4. Horizontal {Horizontalis). Parallel with the ho- 
rizon. 
5. Erect {Erecta). Nearly perpendicular. 
6. Vertical {Verticalis). Perpendicular. 
