TERMS.] 



INSERTION. 



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2. Sessile (sessitis) ; sitting close upon the body that supports it, without any 

 sensible stalk. 



3. Decurrent (decuirens, decursivus) ; prolonged below the point of insertion, 



as if running downwards. 



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4. Embracing (ampkctans) ; clasping with the base. 



5. Stem-clasping (ampkxicaulis) ; the same as the last, but applied only to 

 stems. 



6. Half-stem-clasping (semi-amplexicaulis) ; the same as the last, but in a 

 smaller degree. 



7. Perfoliate (perfoliatus) ; when the two basal lobes of an amplexicaul leaf 

 are united together, so that the stem appears to pass through the substance 

 of the leaf. 



8. Connate (connatus) ; when the bases of two opposite leaves are united 

 together. 



9. Sheathing (vaginans) ; surrounding a stem or other body by the convolute 

 base : this chiefly occurs in the petioles of Grasses. 



10. Adnate (adnatus, annexus) ; adhering to the face of a thing. 



11. Innate (innatus) ; adhering to the apex of a thing. 



1 2. Versatile (versatilis, + oscillatorius) ; adhering slightly by the middle, so that 

 the two halves are nearly equally balanced, and swing backwards and 

 forwards. 



1 3. Stipitate (stipitatus) ; elevated on a stalk which is neither a petiole nor a 



peduncle. 



14. fPalaceous (\palaceus) ; when the foot-stalk adheres to the margin. 



Willd. 



15. Separate (f solutw, liber, f distinctus) ; when there is no cohesion between 



parts. 



16. Accrete (accretus) ; fastened to another body, and growing with it. 

 De Cand. 



1 7. Adhering (adhcerens) ; united laterally by the whole surface with another 



organ. De Cand. 



1 8. Cohering (cohcerens, f coadiiatus, coadunatw, f coalitus, f cownatus, conflueiis) ; 



this term is used to express, in general, the fastening together of homogeneous 



