zo An IntroduSiion to 



The Trunk, Truncus, 

 Is that part of a plant which rifes immedi- 

 ately from the root, and fuftains the branches ; 

 this denomination is therefore only given to 

 trees ^ and that of ftalk to plants. 



Stalks are divided into fimple or compound. 



A Simple Stalk, Caulis Simplex, is one which 

 arifes fingle from the root, and continues fo 

 without interruption to the top. This is alfo 

 called an intire ftalk, caidis integer. When the 

 ftalk has no leaves or branches, it is called 

 a naked ftalk, caulis nudis. When it is gar- 

 niflied with leaves, caulis foliatus, a leafy ftalk. 

 When it it is upright, caide reBus, Or if it is 

 oblique to the root, caule obliquus. When it 

 twines round a fupport, caide volubilis. If it 

 is pliant, caule flexuojus. When it reclines to 

 the ground, caule reclinatus. If it lies upon the 

 ground, caule procumbens. When it puts roots 

 out of the joints which faften to the ground, 

 caule repens, a creeping ftalk. When it puts 

 out roots the whole length of the ftalks, far- 

 mentofus. If the ftalks live feveral years, they 

 are termed, perennis, abiding ftalks, if but one 

 year, annuus, annual. When they are lignous 

 or v^oody, jruticofus, ftirubby, ox fuffruticofuSy 

 under Ihrubs. If they are cylindrical, teres, 



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