380 AN EXPLANATION OF 
13 Fafcicularis, bunched, flefhy Roots feffile, conneéted at the 
Bafe (150) 
14 Palmata, handed, flefhy lobate Roots, like Fingers (184) 
15 Bulbofa, furnifhed with a Bulb (655) 
16 Granulata, granulated, round flefhy Roots like Seeds. 
TRUNCUS the TRUNK or STEM. 
The Organ which fupports the Branches, Leaves, and 
Fruétification. 
Kinps. 
17 Caulis, a Stem, which elevates the Fruétification and Leaves, 
18 Culmus, a Straw, properly the Trunk of Graffes. 
1g Scapus, a Stalk, elevating the Fruétification and not the 
Leaves. 
20 Stipes, A Trunk that expands itfelf into a Leaf, 
Duration. 
21 Herbaceous, herb-like, that perifhes every Year, an annual 
Stem, not woody. 
22 Suffruticofus, fuffruticous, half-fhrubby, the Root permanent, 
and the Branches fometimes withering. 
23 Fruticofus, fhrubby, with perennial Stalks arifing from the 
Root, that are woody. 
24 Arboreus, tree-like, with a fingle woody Stem from the famg 
Root. 
25 Solidus, folid, without internal Pores. 
26 Inanis, pithy, filled with a fpongy Subftance, 
27 Fiftulofus, fiftulous, hollow like a Pipe. 
Direction, 
28 Ereétus, ereét, rifing nearly to a perpendicular Direétion. 
29 Strictus, ftraight, perpendicular without Flexure, 
30 Rigidus, hard, not eafily bent. 
31 Laxus, loofe, eafily bent. 
32 Obliquus, awry, in a Direétion neither perpendicular nor 
horizontal. 
33 Adcendens, rifing upwards, with a Curve like an Arch, 
34 Declinatus, declined, bending downwards archways. 
35 Incurvatus, incurvate, bending inwards. 
36 Nutans, nodding, the Top or Head bent downwards. 
37 Dittufus, diffufe, with fpreading Branches. 
38 Procumbens, procumbent, lying on the Ground. 
39 Stoloniferus, producing Shoots or Runners from the Root: 
40 Sarmentofus, thread-like, producing Roots from the Joints. 
41 Repens, creeping, trailing on the Ground, and here and 
there producing Roots. 
42 Radicans, rooting, ttriking Root laterally and fixing to other 
Bodies 
43 Gente 
