KINDS OF STEMS. 93 



many instances might be pointed out of its not 

 being attended to s at all. 



Flagelliformis, long and pliant, like the Common 

 Jasmine, Jasminum officinale, Curt. Mag. t. 31, 

 or Blue Box-thorn, Lyclum barbarum. 



Sarmentosus, trailing. A creeping stem, barren of 

 flowers, thrown out from the root for the purpose 

 of increase, is called sarmentum or flagdlum, a 

 runner, f. 22, as in the Strawberry, Fragaria 

 vesca, Engl. Bot. t. 15124. When leafy it is 

 generally denominated stolo, a sucker or scyon, 

 as in Bugle, Ajuga reptans, t. 489, and Viola 

 odorata, the Sweet Violet, t. 619. When the 

 stolo has taken root, it sometimes flowers the 

 first year, see Curt. Lond. fcisc. 1 . t. 63, but ge- 

 nerally not till the following season. 



Rectus, straight, as in Lilium, the different species 

 of garden Lily. 



St rictus, expresses only a more absolute degree of 

 straightness. 



LCLVUS or Diffu$us,\QOse\y spreading, has a contrary 

 meaning, as in Bunias Cakile, Sea Rocket, Engl. 

 Bot. t. 231, and Scdum acre, Biting Stone-crop, 

 t. 839. 



Flcxuosus, zigzag, forming angles alternately from 

 right to left and from left to right, as in Smi- 

 lax asptra, Gcr. em. 859, and many of that 

 genus, also Sfatice reticulata, Matted Sea La- 

 vender, Engl. Bot. t. 328. In a less degree 



