xvi. BOTANICTERMS 



Duration. 

 21 Herhaceou^ (herbaceus) certainly annual (not woody). 

 J2 So?newhat-j%ruhby\ ^fu^ruticofus) permanent at the bafe, the yearly 

 branches withering. 



23 Shrubby^ (fruticofus) perennial with many ftocks. 



24 ArborefceyiU (arboreus) perennial with a limple ftock. 



Substance. 



25 Solid^ (folidus) fil ed full within. 



26 Empty ^ (inan'is) ipungy internally with pith. 



27 Piped^ (filhi'ofus) moeiar witiiin. 



Direction. 



28 Ere5i^ {ere.rtus) railing itHfif almof} perpendicularly, 



29 Straight^ ( ftrklus) quite perpendicular without bending, 



30 Rigid, (rigidus) impatient of^xure. 



31 Flexible, (laxus) eafily bent into a bow. 



32 Obliqiiey (ohliqiius) between a perpendicular and horizontal line. 



33 Jfcending, (afcendens) archwife upwards. 



34 Declined^ (dedinatus) defcending archwife. 



35 Incurvate, (iticurvatus) nodding upwards. 



36 Nodding, (nutans) bent down outward from the top. 



37 Spreading, (diffufus) with expanding branchlets. 



38 Procumbent, [procumhem) weak, fupported on the earth. 



39 Stole-bearing, ( Jioloniferus) giving out felons from the root. 



40 Sarmsnious, (farmentofus) thread-form with root-ilricking branches^ 



41 Creeping, (repens) lying on the earth and ftriking roots. 



42 Rooting, (radicans) fixing itfelf by deep lateral roots. 



43 Knotted, (geniculatus) intercepted by knots. 



44 JVinding, (flexuofus) bend -ng from bud to bud this way and that. 



45 Climbing, (fcandens) rlfmg high, fuftained on others. 



46 Twining, (volubilis) afcending fpirally by other bodies. 



From the right, (dextrorfum) to the left. 

 From the left, {fmiftrorjum) to the right. 



Figure. 



47 Columnar, (^^^r^;j without angles. 



48 S3micolu?nnar, ffe?mtercs) flat on one fide, round ifli on the other. 



49 Coynprejffed, (comprejfus) the two opofite fides flat. 



50 Two-edged, (anceps) the two oppofite angles rather acute. ' 



51 Angled, (angulatm) grooved longitudinally with more than t-wq 



hollow angles. 



Acuteangular, (acutangnlus) from the figure of the angles. 



52 Tfree-corner^d, trigonus) with three prominent longitudinal angles, 



53 Fhree-fiUed, (triqueter) v/ith three fides exadlly flat, 



Cloathing 



