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G-lohose. Applied to roots that become dilated immediately below the 

 base of the stem, as in the turnip. 



Granulosa. Having small fleshy grains or particles intermixed with the 

 fibres, or divided into little knobs or knots. 



Nodulose. Applied to fibrous roots having occasional dilitations, similar 

 to the preceding. 



Prcemorse. Applied to roots having an abrupt termination as if broken 

 across. 



Radicle. The root of an embryo or seed. 



Ramose. Branching ; applied when the root is divided into a number of 

 branches or fibres. 



Rhizina. Applied to the young roots of mosses and lichens. 



Spongiole. Extreme points or apex of the fibres, by whose absorbing 

 agency the plant abstracts from the soil and air. 



Tubercules. Fleshy roots composed of distinct lobes, accompanying the 

 fibrils of some plants, as in the roots of the Orchis. 



Tuberous. This term is frequently applied to what is called a root ; but 

 the tuber is a kind of stem. The potato is a tuber. 



Tap-rooted. Spindle-shaped, or fusiform rooted. 



TERMS APPLIED TO THE PARTS OP THE STEM. 



Acaulis. Stemless. Strictly speaking, all plants have a stem more or 

 less developed ; but in some, as in the common gentianelia, it is very short ; 

 and such plants are said to be stemless. 



Adventitious. Applied to buds which appear accidentally, or out of 

 place ; that is, in a position where buds are not usually produced in the 

 particular kind of plant. 



Adnascens. Applied to small bulbs developed in axils of the scales which 

 form the original bulb, sometimes called cloves. 



Aiguillons. Stalked glands formed on the rose and other plants, in the 

 form of rigid hairs. 



Alburnum. Latest formed layer of wood, situated immediately beneath 

 the back. 



Articulated. Jointed; falling in pieces, or separating readily at certain 

 points ; which are called joints or articulations, as the stems of grasses. 



Axil. Angle between a leaf and stem on the upper side, or the point 

 between two diverging branches. 



