BOTANIC TERMS. S69 



PETIOLUS, FOOTSTALK of the LEAF; p. 127. 



FIGURE. 



297 Linearis, ( 169) linear, every where of the same breadth. 



298 Alatus, winged, spread out at the sides. 



299 Clavatus, clubbed, thickened towards the point. 



300 Membranaceus, flat, thin, and generally pellucid. 



301 Teres, (257) rounded like a cylinder, pillar- shaped. 



302 Semiteres, (48) half-rounded, like a split column. 



303 Triqueter, (52) three-sided. 



MAGNITUDE. 



304 Brevissimus, very short, when the length of the foot- 



stalk is not equal to the length of the leaf. 



305 Brevis, short, not quite so long as the leaf. 

 506 Mediocris, of the length of the leaf. 



307 Longus, longer than the leaf. 



308 Longissimujs, something longer than the leaf. 



INSERTION. 



309 Iiisertus, inserted, joined. 



310 Adnatus, (151) adhering to. 



311 Decurrens, (153^) running down the branch. 



312 Amplexicaulis, (154) embracing the stalk with its base. 



313 Appeiidiculatus, a leafy appendage, adhering to the base 



of a leaf. 



DIRECTION. 



314 Erectus (130) upright. 



315 Patens (134) spreading. 



816 Assurgens (136) bending upwards in a kind of arch. 

 S17 Recurvatus (139) bent backwards. 

 SURFACE. 



318 Glaber (216) smooth. 



319 Aculeatus (244) prickly. 



320 Mudus (215) naked. 



321 Articulatus (84) jointed. 



322 Spinescens, hard and sharp. 



STIPULZE, APPENDAGES to the LEAF ; p. 152. 



323 Geminae, two' and two by pairs. 



324 Solitariae, single, scattered. 



325 Laterales, inserted in the sides. 



326 Extrafoliaceae, on the outside, below the base of the 



Petiole. 



Intrafoliaceae, on the inside, above the base of the petiole. 



328 Opposi- 



