124 AN INTRODUCTION 



Sarmentose*; when they are repent ani sub* 

 nudef- 



Parasitic ; when they grow not out of the ground, 

 but on some other plant. 



Teretes. round ; when they are cylindric. 

 ' Ancipites, double-edged ; when they have two 

 opposite angles; and also Digonous, Trigonous, 

 Tetragonous, Pentagonous, Polygonous, having two, 

 three, four, rive, or many angles, which are all spe- 

 cies of ancipites; also, 



Triquetrous, three-square ; when they have three 

 plane sides ; and, 



Triangular, Quadrangular, Quinquangular, Mult- 

 angular; when they have three, four, five, or many 

 sides or angles. 



Sulcate, furrowed ; when they are cut in with 

 broad and deep grooves or channels. 



Striate, streaked ; when they are marked with 

 very thin hollow lines. 



Glabri, smooth; when they have ,a smooth sur- 

 face. 



Villose, hairy, or shaggy ; when there is a down 

 of soft hairs upon them. 



Scabrous, rough ; when they are covered with 

 little projecting points. 



Hispid; \\hen they are covered with stiff bristles. 



Ramose, branchy ; when they are furnished with 

 lateral branches : And these are, 



Ascending; when the branches incline upwards. 



Diffuse ; when the branches are spreading. 



Distich, in two rows ; when the branches are pro 

 duced in a horizontal situation. 



* From Sarmentum, a long shoot, such as those of a vine, 



f Almost naked or bare of leaves. 



J Supporting themselves on others like parasites. 



The word expresses a greater degree of roughness. 



