XXX. BOTANIC TERMS. 



425 NrMng^ (nutans) (36*^ 



426 Flaccid, (Jiacciclus) weak, bending beneath 



the weight of its flower. 



427 Afcending, (afcendens) ('33.) 



428 Pendulous, (pcmhdus) loofe, hanging down- 



wards with its leaf. 



429 Straight^ (firlclus) (29.) 



430 IFinding, (fiexucfus) bending from flower to 



flower. 



43 1 Retrofra^led, (retrofraSlus) as if forcibly brought 



to hang down. 



432 Many-flower d, {muluflorus) from the number 



of flowers on one flalk. 



Structure. 



433 Columnar y (teres) (47.) 434 Three-flded, (iriqueter) (53.) 



435 Four-corner^ dy (tetragonus) ($2.) 



436 Thread-form, (filiformis) every where of equal thicknefs. 



437 Ta-per'd, (attenuatus) gradually lofing its thicknefs towards the 



top. 



438 CluFd, (clavatus) (299.) 



439 ThickenW, [imrajjatus) gradually acquiring a greater bulk towards 



the top. 



440 Naked, (nurlus) (212.) 441 Scaly, (fquamoftis) (58.) 442 Leaved 



(fo'.iatus) (56.) 



443 BraSied, (bradtcatm ) furnifhed with a bra6i:. 



444 Knotted, (geniculatus) (43.) 445 Jointed, ( articulatus) (82.) 



446 INFLORESCENCE, (infiortj'centia) is the manner in which 



flowers are joined to their peduncles. 



447 VERTICIL, (vertlcillns) many flowers furrounding the ftem like 



a rmg. 



448 SeJJlle, (fijfdis) without apparent pedicils. 



449 PeduncL'd, (peduncidatus) with peduncles elevating 



the flower. 



450 Naked, (fiudus) oppofed to 451, 452. 



451 Involucred, (involucratus) furniihed with an invo- 



lucre. 



452 Braced, (hra^eaius) (443.) 



453 Croivded, {confertus) the peduncles near together 



454 Dijlant, (d'lftans) the peduncles remote. 



455 HEAD 



