Bingley's practical introduction to botany. Illustrated by references under each definition to plants of easy access, and by numerous figures, comprising also a glossary of botanic terms : with some account of the history of the science / by John Frost.

  • William Bingley
Date:
1831
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Credit: Bingley's practical introduction to botany. Illustrated by references under each definition to plants of easy access, and by numerous figures, comprising also a glossary of botanic terms : with some account of the history of the science / by John Frost. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    2. Straight (strictus), quite perpendicular without any bending, as in the garden lilies 22 3. Procumbent, weak and resting on the ground, as in procumbent speedwell (veronica agrestis), and common cucumber [16] . 23 4. Repent, or creeping, resting on the ground, and throwing out roots at intervals, as in ivy crowfoot (ranunculus hederaceus) [17] . 24 5. Sarmentose or trailing, when creeping, barren of flowers, and thrown out from the roots for the purpose of increase, as in the strawberry [18] 25 6. Radicant, clinging to any other object for support, by means of fibres which do not imbibe nourishment, as ivy [19] . . 26 7. Scandent, or climbing, growing upward, but supported in its growth, either by spiral tendrils, as in the vine, or by adhesive fibres, as in ivy 27 8. Turning (volubilis) spirally ascending round other plants: to the right in convolvulus, and to the left in the hop [20] . . 28 9. Diffuse (diffusus and laxus), loosely spreading, as in biting stone-crop (sedum acre) 29 10. Flexuous or zigzag (flexuosus), forming