604. 



TABLE VI. 



686 Includens, when the leaves are alternate, and in the night 



press against the stalk, so as to include it. 



687 CircumsepiEns, when leaves growing in a horizontal posi- 



tion, erect themselves in the night, by clasping toge- 

 ther in the form of a funnel. 



688 Muniens, when the leaves have foot-stalks spreading hori- 



zontally, become dependent, in form of a hollow arch. 



689 Conduplicans, doubling, when the folioles lightly approach 



each other with their upper disk, so that both are co- 

 vered. 



690 Invox-vens, when the points of the upright folioles are press- 



ed together, and form a cavity between. 



691 Divergens, when the base of the folioles approach, and the 



points are spreading. 



692 Dependens, when the folioles hang downwards. 



693 Invertens, when the folioles hang down, and are at the same 



time inverted. 

 694- Imbricans, the folioles imbricated, 120. 



MENSURA, THEIR MEASURE. 



695 Linearis, linear, the twelfth part of an inch. 



696 Unguicularis, the length of a nail. 



697 Policabis, the length of the outward joint of the thumb. 



698 Palmaris, the width of the hand. 



699 Spitham^us, a span, the length between the point of the 



thumb and fore finger. 



700 Dodrantalis, nine inches, the space between the point of 



the thumb and little finger, when extended. 



701 Pedalis, afoot, the space from the bending of the elbow to 



the base of the thumb. 



702 Orgyialis, a fathom, or six feet, the height of a man, or 



the space between the extreme points of the fingers, 

 when the arms are extended. 



