35S AN EXPLANATION OF 



12 Tuberosa, tuberous, consisting of fleshy bodies connected 



by slender fibres. 



13 Fascicularis, bunched, fleshy roots, sessile, (150) con- 

 * nected at the base. 



14 Palmata, handed, fleshy lobate (184) roots like fingers. 



15 Bulbosa, furnished with a bulb (655) 



16 Granulata, granulated, round fleshy roots like seeds. 



TRUNCUS THE TRUNK OR STEM. Vid. p. 123. 



The Organ which supports the Branches, Leaves, and 



Fructification. 

 KINDS, 



17 Caulis, a Stem, which elevates the fructification and 



leaves. 



18 Ciilmus, a Straw, properly the trunk of grasses. 



19 Scapus, a Stalk, elevating the fructification, and not the 



leaves. 



20 Stipes, a Trunk that expands itself into a leaf. 



DURATION. 



2 1 Herbaceus, herb-like, that perishes every year, an annual 



stem, not woody. 



22 Suffruticosus, suffruticus, half shrubby, the root perma- 



nent, and the branches sometimes withering. 



23 Fruticosus, shrubby, with perennial stalks arising from the 



root, that are woody. 



24 Arboreus, tree-like, with a single woody stem, from the 



same root. 



25 Solidus, solid, without internal pores. 



26 Inanis, pithy, filled with a spoilgy substance. 



27 Fistulosus, fistulous, hollow like a pipe. 



DIRECTION. 



28 Erectus, erect, rising nearly to a perpendicular direction, 



29 Strictus, straight, perpendicular without flexure. 



30 Rigidus, bard, not easily bent. 



31 Laxus, loose, easily bent. 



32 Obliquus, awry, in a direction neither perpendicular nor 



horizontal. 



33 Adscendens, rising upwards, with a curve like an arch . 



34 Declinatus, declined, bending downwards archways. 



35 Incurvatus, incurvate, bending downwards. 



36 Nutans, nodding, the top or head bent downwards. 



37 Diffusus, diffuse, with spreading branches. 



38 Procumbens, procumbent, lying on the ground. 



39 StoloniferuS; producing shoots or runners from the root. 



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