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GLOSSARY OF 



Texture. 



Hkrbaceous : with little or no wood, and dyiiiR down to the 



ground 0!u!i year. 

 \Vi)Oi)Y : as in shrubs and trees. 

 Si:kkki'TIC<.>sb: woolly at the base, but herbaceous at the top. 



Position 



Akri.vi. . growing al>ove ground. 

 SuBTKUUASEAN : growing under ground. 



0{ subterranean stems thojv ai-e the following varieties: 



(h) Nhizoinr, or Jiootstthk : a horizontal, more or less 



fleshy, perennial underground stem, which produces each 



stMson a new bud at its extremity, from which the annual 



•und stem is develoixnl. as in Trillium. Blootlroot, 



...... ...v'St of our early -flowering herbs (.Fig. \A). 



{h) Tuft^r : the thickeneil end of a rhizome, as the 

 Potato and Artichoke (Fig. 15). 



(c) Bulh : a globular mass, usually made up of fleshy 

 leaves attached to a short flat stem, as the Lily (Fig. 16) 

 and Onion. 



(d) Corm : a bulb having the stem fn\rt very large 

 comjMireil with the bud or leaf part, as in Indian-Turnip 

 (Fig. 17). 



A plant is described as acaulfsv^^uf, or stemless. when 

 n is very short and the leaves spring in a cluster 

 iie surfac^i of the ground, as in Dsmdelion and 



Shape. 



i;...i,-;....i .t: 



r 18V 

 .iittene«l tFic. 19). 



Trianoitlar: Fig. 20 

 Jl. 



lllllilU' li'Il-"t)l 



Juice. 



I - 



we«««l ,\ 

 a r. 



Branchirik'. 



SlMPl.K 



n» 



:»e a yellow juice, Bt; 

 >v Sorrel a colourleifw Mmr juice, etc 



•« are enr irel>' wanting, as in Mullein, 

 in can be traced through to 



as 



Fife. 14. 



Fi*r.l5. 



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