152 AN INTRODUCTION 



RECLINATE, reclined ; when the leaves are re- 

 flexed downwards towards the petiole ; as in Podo- 

 phyllum, Aconitum, Hepatica, Pulsatilla, Anemone, 

 and Adoxa. 



CIRCINAL, compassed ; (in rings) when the leaves 

 are roiled in, spirally, downwards ; as in Filices, and 

 5 orne Palms. 



CHAP. XVII. 

 OF STIPULATION. 



BY STIPULATION is meant the situation and 

 structure of the Stipulae at the base of the leaves. 



The Stipulae in different plants are found to be 

 as various as the leaves. They are, 



WANTING in the Asperifoliae*, the class Didyna- 

 mia, the Stellataef, Siliquosae^, Liliaceae, Orchi- 

 deae||, and in most compound flowers. 



PRESENT in the Papiiionaceae^", Lomentaceae**, 

 and in the class Icosandria. 



* Pentandrja Monogynia. 



h Tetrandria Monogynia. 



J Tetradynamia Siliquosae. 



Lilium, Fritillaria, Tulipa, and Erythronium, are li- 

 Jiaceous plants ; which make an order in the Method! iiaturalis 

 fragmenta. See Phil. Bot. p. 28. 



|| Orchis, Satyrium, Scrapis, Herrmnium, Neottia, Ophrys, 

 Cypripedium, Epidendrnm, Lirnodorum and Arethusa, arc the 

 Qrchideae ; which are another order in the Method! natural is 

 frag. See Phil. Botanica, p. 27. 



<J[ Class Diadelphja. 



*^* Sophora, Cercis, Bauhioia, Parkinsonia, Cassia, Poin- 

 ciana, Tamarindus, Guilandina, Adenanthera, Haematoxyloif, 

 Caesalpinia and Mimosa. These are an order in M. N. ^rago 

 See Phil. Botan. p. 34. They are called LorqentaceouSj from 

 jjomentum, which signifies Bean Meal, 



