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BOTANY. 



Scape. 



Stipe. 



Shoot. 



9. Deflected (drflcxtis), when the branches hang 

 down, and form ?.n arch. 



10. Reflected (reflexvt), when the branches run 

 nearly parallel with the stem. 



11. Retroflected (rctro/lexi/t), when the branches 

 are bent on every side. 



b. Wilh respect to direction, 



12. Parasitical (parasitiout), when the plant grows 

 n some other plant. Orobanchc. 



13. Bent upward; (adscendem), w-hen the extre- 

 mity of a stem, which lies on the ground, is erect. 



14. Decumbent (dectimbens) , where the upper 

 part of an erect stem is bent towards the ground. 



1.5. Sannentose (snrmentosvs), a procumbent stem, 

 sending out.roots at certain intervals. 



16. Rooting (ituiicane), when the stem sends out 

 roots by which it adheres, as in hedera helix. 



c. With respect to covering. 



17. Ramentaceous ( ramcntacens ) , covered with 

 membranous scales, as in erica ramentacea. 



18. Stipulate (stijtttlatvt), furnished with 6tipulse 

 in the axillae of the leaves, as in I'icitt sativa. 



19. Perfoliate (pcr/blialus), where the stem passes 

 through the leaf, as in Figs. 14, 15, 16. Plate Ixvi. 



20. Wingtd (dla(uf), when a leaf-like membrane 

 runs along the stem. 



21. Bulbiferous (Lullifi-r'), having bulbs on the 

 axiib: of the leaves, as in lilium bulbiferum. 



C 2'2. Prickly (uciilcalits), where there are small 

 points which come off with the rind. 



23. Spinous (sjanostis), where the pointed protu- 

 berances-do not come oft with the rind. 

 d. With respect to ^figure. 



2'k Articulated (articuhitits), where the stem has 

 knobs at the joints, as in cactus. Fig. 24. Plate Ixvii. 



25. Jointed (geniculalut), when a stem has regu- 

 lar knobs not seated on the joint-. 



26. Straw tfulmus), the stem of grasses. Fig. 1. 



Plate Ixvii. 



'J.~~. Naked (nitdiis), having no vagina or leaves. 



28. Geniculaud (geniculatus s. iijfrnctns), where 

 the first joint j prostrate, and tile rest erect. 



ART. VII. ScAi'E. Scape, (Scajnu) an herba- 

 ceous stem proceeding from the ground, which bears 

 flowers, but no leaves. Fig. 41. Plate Ixvi. ; Fig. 3. 

 Plate Ixvii. 



ART. VIII. ST;PE. Stipe, (Stings) the stem of 

 filices, fungi, and palms. Fig. 15. Plate Ixvii. 



a. In filices, 



1. Chaffy, (pa [meats') covered with dry membra- 

 nous &ca!es. Fig. IS. Plate Ixvii. 



2. Scaly, f. Hjiiumotits) covered with foliaceous scales. 



b. in itiiigi, 



1. Squarrose, (squarrosus) covered with scales re- 

 flected at their points. 



2. Raised, (peronatiix) laid over with a woolly 

 substance, which gradually paws into a kind of meal. 



Aur. IX. SFIOOT. Shoot, (mrculta) the stem of 

 the leaves of mosses. Fig. 14, 15, Hi. Plate Ixvii. 



1. Pinnated, (pinnatus) having on opposite sides 

 two similar branches, at similar -angles to the stem. 



'_'. Bipinnated, (lipinnatus) when the branches of 

 a pinnate shoot are divided in the same manner as the 

 original shoot. 



3. Proliferous, (prolifcr) when in bipinnatcd shoots 



a new stem springs out of the old ene, as in hypnum 

 pr..Iift'rmn. 



ART. X. SARMENT. Sarment, (sarmentuni) a fi- 

 liform stem that springs from the root, sends off 

 a new root, and forms a new plant. Frugariu ves- 

 ca. 



I. Sucker, (stole) a creeping radical stem, covered 

 at its under surface with small roots, and bearing 

 leaves at its point, from which a new plant rises. 

 Ajtiga rrptfins. 



ART. XL LEAP STALK. Leaf stalk, (pe'iolus) 

 the stalk of ths leaf. Fig. 23. Plate Ixvii. 



1. Glandular, (glandulosun) seated on a gland. Sa- 

 lix pentandra. 



2. Common , (eommunis) bearing several small leaves. 



3. Partial, (pui'iiitcs s. eommunis) bearing in a 

 compound leaf, the leaflets. 



ART. XII. FI.OWEH STAI.K Flower stalk, 

 (pedimcvbit) supports the flowers, a, Fig. 41. 

 Plate Ixvi. 



1. Simpl'-, (simpL'r). Fig. 5. Plate Ixvii. 



'2. Partial; (partial>it) all the particular flower stalks 

 Btand on a general fiowerstalk. The particular 

 flower stalks are called peilicelli, peiliculi. Fig. J. 

 Plate Ixvii. 



3. Scapiform, (scapiformis)* when an upright 

 leafless flower-stalk, bearing many flowers, stands at 

 the base of the plant. 



4. Radical, (radii-alts). Fig. 3. Plate Ixvii. 



5. Petiolar, (petiotaris') inserted into the leaf stalk, 



6. Axillary, (axillari^ fixed between the stem and 

 leaves. Fig. 6. Plate lx.vii. 



7. Lateral, (/aternlis) on the leafles? branches, or 

 shoots of the preceding year. Erythrorylnn. 



8. Alar, (alaris) in the axilla of the branches. 

 Linmn radio/a. 



ART. XIII. BRISTLE. Bristle, (>cta) supports 

 the fructification of the musci JirondjOsi, and t\\cjun- 

 gcrmannice. 



1. Terminal, (terminals) when it etands on the 

 apex of the moss. Fig. 15. Plate Ixvii. 



2. Axillary, (axillarit,) rising at the base of the 

 Laves. 



ART. XIV. INFLORESCENCE. Inflorescence, (/- 

 Jloretcentia) tlie way in which the flower stalk is di- 

 vided or formed. Fig. 7. Plate Ixvii. 



ART. XV. WHIRL. Whirl, (vcrf-cillHs) when 

 the flowers surround the stem. Fig. 8. Plate Ixvii. 



1. Headed, (capitatus") when the flowers stand so 

 thick as to assume a semiglobular form : P It-mis lu- 

 bcro*a. Fig. 7. Plate Ixvii. ; Fig. 2. Plate- Ixviii. 



2. Leafy, (Jbliomi) when there are leaves at the 

 base of the whirl. 



3. Bracteate, (bruclcdlux) when there are floral 

 leaves or bractea: <tt the whirl. 



ART. XVT. HKAD. Head, (capitiilum) is formed 

 by tht flowers. Goinphrena globota. Fig. 7. Plate 

 Ixvii. 



ALT. XVII. GLOMFRULE. ^Glomerule, (glome- 

 rul(f) the small head ot small liowers. 



ART. XVIII. EAR. Ear, (>picula s. Icctisla) 

 the flo-.vers of the grasses, or ot the gramineous 

 plants, M in tcirpitt tylvaticut, triticum, &c. lij. 1. 

 Plate Ixvii. ; Fig. 39. Plate Ixix. 



1. Two-ranked (dis,ikha) when the flowers of the 



Termino- 

 logy, 



Sarmeiit. 



Leaf stalk. 



Flower 

 stalk. 



Bristle. 



Inflorev 

 cence. 



Whirl. 



Head. 



Glomerule 

 Ear. 



