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7. Perfoliate (^perfoliatus) ; when' the two basal lobes of an am- 
plexicaul leaf are united together, so that the stem appears to 
pass through the substance of the leaf. 
8. Connate {connatus') ; when the bases of two opposite leaves 
are united together. 
9. Sheathing {vaginans) ; surrounding a stem or other body by 
the convolute base : this chiefly occurs in the petioles of 
Gra.sses. 
10. Adnate {adnatus, annexus)\ adhering to the face of a 
thing. 
11. Innate (innatus) ; adhering to the apex of a thing. 
12. Versatile {yersatilis^ f oscillatorius) ; adhering slightly by the 
middle, so that the two halves are nearly equally balanced, 
and swing backwards and forwards. 
13. Stipitate (^stipitatus) ; elevated on a stalk which is neither a 
petiole nor a peduncle. 
14. f Palaceous (f palaceus)\ when the foot-stalk adheres to the 
margin. Willd. 
15. Separate (^\ solutus, liber, \ distinctus^ ; when there is no 
cohesion between parts. 
16. Accrete {accretus) ; fastened to another body, and growing 
with it. De Cand. 
17. Adhering (adhcerens) \ united laterally by the whole surface 
with another organ. De Cand. 
18. Cohering {cohcerens, f coadnatus, coadunatus, f coalihis, f con- 
natus, 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 difference between them. 
19. 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, rainealis)', of or belonging to the 
branches. 
