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6. Submersed (suhmersus, demersiis) ; buried beneath water. 
?• T>esceu{Xmg {descende7is)\ having a direction gradually down- 
wards. 
8. Hanging down (dependens) ; having a downward direction, 
caused by its own weight. 
9. Ascending (ascendens, assurgens) ; having a direction up- 
wards, with an oblique base ; as many seeds. 
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10. Perpendicular (yerticalis, perpendicularis) \ being at right 
angles with some other body. 
11. Oblique (ohliqims)\ when the margin points to the heavens, 
the apex to the horizon ; as the leaves of Protea and Fri- 
tillaria. 
12. Horizontal (horizontalis) \ when the plane points to the 
heavens, the apex to the horizon ; as most leaves. 
13. Inverted {inversus) ; having the apex of one thing in an op- 
posite direction to that of another ; as many seeds. 
14. Revolute {revolutiis) ; rolled backwards from the direction 
ordinarily assumed by similar other bodies ; as certain ten- 
drils, and the ends of some leaves. 
15. Involute {involutus)\ rolled inwards. 
16. Convolute (convolutus) ; rolled up. 
17. Reclining (reclinatus) ; falling gradually back from the per- 
pendicular ; as the branches of the banyan tree. 
18. Resupinate {resupinatus) \ inverted in position by a twisting 
of the stalk ; as the flowers of Orchis. 
19. f Inclining (f mc/ma^z^5, declinatus) ; the same as reclining, 
but in a greater degree. 
20. Pendulous {pendulus) ; hanging downwards, in consequence 
of the weakness of its support. 
