ASCENDING PART, HERBAGE. f 



or many-flowered ; erect or procumbent ; straight, 

 wavy, or spiral, as in Cyclamen and Valismria after 

 flowering. 



19. Pedunculus, a Flower-stalk, springs from some 

 part of the stern, and bears the flowers and fruit ; 

 if radical, it is a Scapus. 



20. A Flower-stalk is either terminal or lateral : if 

 lateral, it is either axillary, or opposltifolius (oppo- 

 site to each solitary leaf), or interpetiolaris (between 

 the bases of 2 foot-stalks, laterally), or internodis 

 (from the part of a branch between 2 joints, or 

 leaves). It is termed gemmaceus, when proceeding 

 from the same bud with the leaves. It is simple or 

 compound; solitary or aggregate; erect, spreading, 

 drooping or pendulous. 



<2 1 . Flowers destitute of a stalk are termed sessilcs, 

 sessile. 



22. Pedicellus, a partial Flower-stalk, is the ultimate 

 division of a Pedunculus (19). It is also used for the 

 Fruit-stalk, elevating the Germen and Fruit in 

 Mosses, and some other plants. 



23. Petiolus, a Foot-stalk, is the stalk of a Leaf, very 

 rarely connected with, or bearing, the flower-stalks. 

 This part, usually channelled along the upper side, 

 is either simple, as in all simple, and some com- 

 pound leaves ; or compound, either once, twice, 

 or more ; and sometimes, as in the Pea and Vetch 

 tribe, ends in tendrils (47 : 5). 



