268 CONSERVATIVE ORGANS. [LECT. VI. 



bears tendrils ; as in the Passion Flower, Passi- 

 flora * ; the Vine, Vitis, &c. 



f. Bulb-bearing (bulbiferus), when it is 

 studded with bulbs in the axillae of the leaves ; 

 as in several of the Lily tribe, Lilium -f- ; Bulbi- 

 ferous Coral Wort, Dentaria bulbifera, &c. 



g. Spiny (spinosus) (&g-p, l), when it is fur- } 



nished with sharp 

 spines, which are 

 not productions of 

 the bark, and, con- 

 sequently, do not 

 come off with it ; 

 as in Common 

 Hawthorn, Mespi- 

 lus oxyacantha, and 

 the Sloe-tree, Pru- 

 nus spinosa, &c. 



h. Prickly ( acu- 

 leatus) (fig. p, 2), 

 when it is covered with sharp-pointed bodies, 

 which separate with the epidermis ; as in the 

 Rose, Rosa centifolia, R. Eleganteria, &c. 



i. Bristly (setaceous)., when its armature con- 

 sists of brushes of minute bristles, divaricat- 



* Plate 4, fig. 8. A small portion of a stem of a 

 Passiflora ; a. a. the tendrils ; b. b. stipulae ; c. c. c. glands. 



f Plate 4, fig. 9. A portion of the stem of Lilium super- 

 bum : a. a. the bulbs seated in the axillae of the leaves. 



