THE ASCENDING AXIS 



107 



Fig. 841. Spotted Prince's Pine, entire plant: the stem is a "leaf-stem." 

 Fig. 342. Dielytra (D. cucullaria), whole plant ; it has a " scale-stem." 



in growing, but often becomes oblique or horizontal. There- 

 fore we have, besides erect stems, stems prostrate, procumbent, 

 trailing, when running along flat on the ground, or over 

 bushes, as the Partridge-berry, White Wintergreen (Fig. 343) ,' 

 and, also, stems decumbent, first arising and afterwards ro~ 

 clining on the ground, as the Poor-man's- weather-glass (Fig. 

 344). 



225. There are, also, subterranean stems, never arising 



224. What of the direction of the growth of stems ? How does the stem 

 of White Winterprreen prow? How the stem of Anapallis ? 



