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BOTANIC TERMS 



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DEFINITIONS. 



ROOT, (radix) an organ nourifhing the plant. 

 Duration* 



Annual, (annua) periflilng with the year. 



2 Biennial, (biennis) flowering another year and then perlfhing. 



3 Perennial, (peremiis) flourifhing again through many years. 



Figure. 



4 Fibrous, (fibrofa) confiding intirely of threads, 



5 Branchy, (ramofa) fubdivided into fibres. 



6 ^pindle-for??i, (fufiforrnis) fimphfh tapering. 



n End-bitten, (pr^morfa) as if lop'd at the point. 



8 Creeping, (repens) running fome length and then budding. 



9 Joifited, (articulata) intercepted with joints. 



10 Teeth-like, (dentata) necklace-form, with joints chained together. 



11 Globular, (globofa) roundifh (156) with lateral rootlets. 



12 Tuberous, (tuber ofa) flefhy parts connected at the bafe by a thread. 



13 Fafcicled, (fafcicularis) flefhy parts conne6led at a feilile (148) bafe. 



14 Handed, (pahnata) flefliy lobed. (182) 



15 Bulbous, (bulbofa) furnifhed with a bulb, (652) 



J 6 Granulated, (granulata) befprlnkled with flelhy particles. 



TRUNK, (truncus) an organ multiplying the plant. 

 Kinds. 



17 Stem, (caulis) a trunk elevating the fru£l:ilication and leaves, 



18 Cuhn, (culmus) appropriated to grafl^es. 



19 Scape, (fcapus) elevating the fru6tificati on, but not the leaves, 



20 Stipe^ (fl'^P^^) ^ trunk becoming leaves, 



* c 2 Duration 



