6 
Trunks. 
2. Duration, 
Vide PI. 8. 
3. Sal) stance. 
4. Direction. 
Vide PI. 
34. Stipe (stipes) the trunk passing into tlie 
leaves, used also to express the 
pillar in the mushroom, 
35. Herbaceous (herbaceus) annual, not 
woody, as Plantain (Plantago). 
36. Somev/hat shrubby (suffruticosus) per- 
manent at the base, the branches 
yearly withering, as Raspberry (Ru- 
BUS IDaEUSj. 
37. Shrubby (fruticosus) perennial, with 
many stems, as Red Currant (Ri- 
EES rubra). 
38. Arboreous (arboreus) perennial, witha 
simple stock, as trees (vide Fig. 17, 
Plate 7). 
39. Solid (solidus) full internally. 
40. Pithy (inanis) spongy with an internal 
medulla, as Alcea rosea. 
41. Fistulous (fistulosus) tubular within. 
42. Erect (erectus) almost rising in the per- 
pendicular direction, as Jagged- 
leaxsed J(^«5e/(DiPSACUS lacinea- 
TUS). 
43. Straight (strictus) quite perpendicular, 
without any bending, same exam'pk, 
44. Rigid (rigidus) impatient of flexion, 
ditto. 
45. Lax (laxus) freely bending in form of 
a bow, as Marsh Zannichella (Zx\^' 
^aCHELLA PALUSTRTS). 
46. Oblique (obliquus) departing from the 
perpendicular, or horizontal line, as 
Common Golden Rod (Solidago 
VIRGA AUREA). 
