CLASS I. 
INDIVIDUAL RELATIVE TERMS. 
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9. Sheathing {yaginmis) ; surrounding a stem or other body by 
the convolute base : this chiefly occurs in the petioles of 
grasses. 
10. Adnate {adnatus, annexus); adhering to the face of a 
thing. 
11. Innate (innatus) ; adhering to the apex of a thing. 
12. Versatile (ver5a^27w, f oscillatorius) ; adhering slightly by the 
middle, so that the two halves are nearly equally balanced, 
and swing backwards and forwards. 
] 3. Stipitate (stipitatus) ; elevated on a stalk which is neither a 
petiole nor a peduncle. 
14. f Palaceous (^palaceus); when the foot-stalk adheres to the 
margin. Willd. 
15. Separate (f solutus, liber, \ disiinctus) \ when there is no 
cohesion between parts. 
16. Accrete (accretus) ; fastened to another body, and growing 
with it. De Cand. 
17. Adhering (^adherens); united laterally by the whole surface 
with another organ. De Cand. 
18. Cohering (coherens, \coadnatus, coadunatus, j-coalitus, f co?«- 
natusy confluens) : this term is used to express, in general, the 
fastening together of homogeneous parts. De Cand, Such 
are De Candolle's definitions of these three terms ; but in 
practice there is no dilference between them. 
1 9. Articulated (articulatus) ; when one body is united with 
another by a manifest articulation. 
B. With respect to situation, 
1. Dorsal (dorsalis) ; fixed upon the back of any thing. 
2. Lateral (lateralis) ; fixed near the side of any thing. 
3. Marginal (marginalis) ; fixed upon the edge of any thing. 
4. Basal (basilaris) ; fixed at the base of any thing. 
5. Radical (radicalis) ; arising from the root. 
6. Cauline (caulinus) ; arising from the stem. 
7. Rameous {rameus, ramealis) ; of or belonging to the branches. 
8. Axillary {axillaris, f alaris) ; arising out of the axilla. 
9. Floral (Jloralis) ; of or belonging to the flower. 
1 0. Epiphyllous (foliaris, epiphyllus) ; inserted upon the leaf. 
11. Terminal (terminalis) ; proceeding from the end. 
12. Of the leaf-stalk (petiolaris) ; inserted upon the petiole. 
13. Crowning {coronans) ; situated on the top of any thing. 
Thus, the limbs of the calyx may crown the ovary ; a 
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