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 120 Common Jasmine, Jasminum officinale, ''Curt. Mag. t. 31, or Virginian Silk, Periploca græca, Fl. Græc, t.'' 249.

Sarmentosus, trailing. A creeping stem, barren of flowers, thrown out from the root for the purpose of increase, is called sarmentum or flagellum, a runner, as in the Strawberry, Fragaria vesca, ''Engl. Bot. t.'' 1524. When leafy it is generally denominated stolo, a sucker or scyon, as in Bugle, Ajuga reptans, t. 489, and Viola odorata, the Sweet Violet, t. 619. When the stolo has taken root, it sometimes flowers the first year, see ''Curt. Lond. fasc.'' 1. t. 63, but generally not till the following season.

Rectus, straight, as in Lilium, the different species of garden Lily.

Strictus, expresses only a more absolute degree of straightness.

Laxus or Diffusus, loosely spreading, has a contrary meaning, as in Bunias Cakile, Sea Rocket, ''Engl. Bot. t. 231, and Sedum acre, Biting Stone-crop, t.'' 839.

Flexuosus, zigzag, forming angles