6 PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY, ETC. 
5. Branched, (ramosa), separated into’ severa! 
branches*. 
6 48. 
A, PRICKLE, (aculeus), is a persistent production 
ihat issues from the bark, and comes away with it, 
as in the rose, Rosa centifolia. Of it there are the 
following kinds: 
I. Straight, (recti), when the prickles are not 
Dents)" 
2. Incurved, (incurvi), when they are curved up- 
wards. 
8. Recurved, (recurvi), when they are bent to: 
wards the ground. 
A, Solitary, (solitarii), when they stand ata dis- 
#ance. 
5. Doubled, (geminati), when two prickles stand 
together. 
_ 6. Palmated, (palmati), when several hang to- 
gether, as in the barberry, Berberis vulgaris. 
A 
HS 
Se; 
The Awn, (47. oe is a pointed beard, that sits 
on the flower of the grasses. It is, 
I. Naked, (nuda), not hairy, fig, 101, 103. 
2, Feathered, (plumosa), set with fine aes hairs, 
as in the Stipa pennata. - 
Straight, (recta), when quite straight, fig. 101, 
103. 
* The origin of the thorn will be more particularly consi- 
dered wfloniards in the Physiology. 
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