KINDS OF STEMS. 93 



many instances might be pointed out of its not 

 being attended to at all. 



Flagelliformisy long and pliant, like the Common 

 Jasmine, Jasntinum officinale^ Curt. Mag. t. 3\, 

 or Blue Box-thorn, Lycium barharum. 



JSarmentosus, trailing. A creeping stem, barren of 

 flowers, thrown out from the root for the purpose 

 of increase, is called sarmentum or flagellmn, a 

 runner, f. 22, as in the Str^iwberry, Fragaria 

 ^esca, Engl. Hot. t. 1524. When leafy it is 

 generally denominated stolo, a sucker or scyon, 

 as in Bugle, Ajuga rcptaiis^ t. 489, and Viola 

 odorata, the Sweet Violet, t. 519. When the 

 stolo has taken root, it sometimes flowers the 

 first year, see Curt. Lond. fasc. 1. t. 6Sj but ge- 

 nerally not till the following season. 



Rectus, straight, as in Lilium, the different species 

 of garden Lily. 



Strictus, expresses only a more absolute degree of 

 straightness. 



La.vus or Diffusus.looseiy spreading, has a contrary 

 meaning, as in Bunias Cakile, Sea Rocket, E/?gl. 

 Bot. t. 231, and Sedum acre, Biting Stone-crop, 

 t. 839. 



Fle.vHOSus, zigzag, forming angles alternately from 

 right to left and from left to right, as in Smi- 

 lax aspera, Ger. em. 859, and many of that 

 genus, also Statice reticulata, Matted Sea La- 

 vender, Fuij^l. Bot. t. 5^^. In a less decree 



