20 PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY, ETC. 
e. Difference of Stems in respect of Clothing 
41. Naked, (nudus), having no leaves, scales, of 
the like. . 
49. Leafless, (aphyllus), without any leaves. 
43, Scaly, (squamosus), covered with scales. 
44, Leafy, (foliosus), having leaves. 
45. Bulbiferous, (dulbifer), having buds or bulbs 
in the axille of the branches, as in the bulbiferous 
lily, Liliam delbiferum. 
46. Pertoliated, ( perfoliatus ), when the stem goes 
through a leaf, as in Bupleurum, fig. 38. 
f. Difference of Stems in respect of Figure. 
47. Round, (feres), that is quite cylindrical, fig. 
25, 27, 32. 
48. Half-round, (semi- ne that is round on the 
one side, and flat on the other, fig. 235. 
49, Compressed, (compressus), when the stem is — 
flat on both sides. 
50. Two-edged, (anceps), when a compressed 
stem is sharp on both edges. 
51. Angled, Cia when a stem has seve- 
ral angles, but the sides are grooved. Of this there 
' are several kinds, viz. 
a. Obtuse-angled, (obtuse angulatus ). 
B. Acute-angled, (acute angulatus). 
y. Three-angled, (triangularis). 
8, Four-angled, (quadrangularis, &c.), fig. 237. 
¢. Many-angled, (multangularis ). 
52. Uhree-sided, (triquetrus), where there are 
three sharp corners, and the sides quite flat, fig. 236. 
53. ‘Three- 

