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f Pr;emorsa, bitten, or gnawed. 



$ Repens, creeping horizontally, and putting forth radicles down- 

 ward, and shooting upwards. 

 9 Articulata, jointed, divided into joints. 



10 Dentata, toothed, having rows ofknobs, like teeth. 



1 1 Globosa, round (15 8), roots springing from the sides of others. 



12 Tuberosa, tuberous, consisting of fleshy bodies connected by- 



slender fibres. 



13 Fascicula.ris, bunched, fleshy roots sessile, connected at the 



base (150). 



14 Palm at a, handed, fleshy lobate roots, like fingers (184). 



15 Bulbosa, furnished with a bulb (655). 



16 Granulata, granulated, round fleshy roots, like seeds. 



TRUNCUS, THE TRUNK OR STEM, 

 The Organ which supports the Branches, Leaves, and Fructification, 



I. Kinds. 



17 Caulis, a stem, which elevates the fructification and leaves. 



18 Culmus, a straw, properly the trunk of grasses. 



19 Scapus, a stalk, elevating the fructification and not the leaves. 



20 Stipes, a trunk, that expands itself into a leaf. 



II. Duration. 



21 Herbaceous, herb-like, that perishes every year ; an annual 



stem, not woody. 



22 Suffrut ccosus, suffruticous, half shrubby, the root permanent, 



and the branches sometimes withering. 



23 Fruticosus, shrubby, with perennial stalks arising from the 



root, that are woody. 



24 Arboreus, tree-like, with a single woody stem from the same 



root. 



25 Solidus, solid, without internal pores. 



26 Inanis, pithy, filled with a spongy substance. 



27 Fistulosus, fistulous, hollow like a pipe. 



III. Direction. 



28 Erectus, erect, rising nearly to a perpendicular direction 



29 Strictus, straight, perpendicular without flexure. 



