12 TRUNK*. 



5. ASCENDING, (astendens) ascending obliquely 

 without support. 



Observation. From a horizontal direction is gradually curved 

 or bowed upwards. 



6. PROSTRATE, (prostratus or deprcssus) when it lies 

 remarkably flat, spreading horizontally over the 

 ground, 



7. RECLINING, (reclinatus) curved towards the 

 ground. Ex. Black berry. Rnbus. 



8. RADICAL T, (radicans) clinging to any body for 

 support by means of fibres which do not imbibe nour- 

 ishment. Ex. Vitis quinqnejbiici, common Creeper* 



9. CLIMBING, (scandens) either with spiral tendrils 

 for its support, as the Vine, Vitis 9 Passionflower, Pas- 

 siflora ; or by adhesive fibres, as in the preceding par- 

 agraph. 



c 10. TWINING, (voluUlis.') PI. 2, fig. 5. Twining 

 in a spiral manner round other plants, either from left 

 to right, supposing the observer in the centre, (with 

 the sm) as tiie Hop, or from right to left, (against the 

 sun) as Convolvulus sepium. 



11. FLAGELLIFOBME, (Jlagettiformis) resembling a 

 whip- lash. 



12. SARMENTOSE, (sarmentosus) trailing ; a creep- 

 ing stem barren of flowers, thrown out from the root 

 for the purpose of increase, giving rise to another 

 plant where it takes root. Ex. Strawberry. 



Observation. A sarmentose stem is filiform and almost naked 

 or having only leaves in bunches at the joints or knots where it 

 strikes root. Jllartin. 



It is called a sarmtntum or a flagellum, a runner. When leafy, it 

 is arenerally denominated STOT,O, a sucker, or scyon, as in Bugle, 

 Jl}u.ga reptanSy and Sweet Violet, Viola odorata* Smith. 



13. STRAIGHT, (recto) as in Liliurn. 



14. STRICTUS expresses only a more absolute de- 

 gree of straightness. 



15. SPREADING, (laxusvrdrffusus) expanding in an 

 open, loose manner. 



