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in the Fungi the stipes is, 
1. Ringed, (annulaius), § 38, fig. 4. 
9. Naked, (nudus), having no rings, fi 
224, 236. 
3. Scaly, (squamosus), covered with distinct small 
scales. 
§ 20. 
The shoot, (sureulus), is a term applied to the 
stem which bears the leaves of the mosses. Of this 
there are the following varieties. 
1. Simple, (simplex), having no branches, as in 
the Polytrichum commune, fig. 139, 142. 
2. Branched, (ramosus), dividing into branches, 
as in Mnium androgynum, fig. 138. 
3. With hanging branches, (ramis deflexis), when 
the stem is branched, but all the branches hang 
down, as in Sphagnum palustris. | 
4, Decumbent, (decumbens), that lies on the 
ground. 
5. Creeping, (repens). 
6. Upright, (erectus). 
§ 21. 
The bristle, (seta), is that sort of stem which bears 
only the fructification of the mosses, fig. 140. It is 
always simple, and there are no other sorts of it 
than in respect of position. It is sometimes single, 
(solitaria), fometimes crowded (aggregata), some- 
times on the point (¢erminalis), or on the side (avil- 
laris, lateralis). 
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