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 150 from the stem, branch or root, without any footstalk, as in ''Anchusa sempervirens, Engl. Bot. t. 45, and Pinguicula vulgaris, t.'' 70.

Amplexicaulia, clasping the stem with their base, as the upper leaves of Glaucium luteum, t. 8, Gentiana campestris, t. 237, and Humea elegans, Exot. Bot. t. 1.

Connata, connate, united at their base, as ''Chlora perfoliata, Engl. Bot. t. 60, whose leaves are connato-perfoliata''.

Perfoliata, perfoliate, when the stem runs through the leaf, as Bupleurum rotundifolium, t. 99, and the Uvulariæ, ''Exot. Bot. t.'' 49, 50, 51.

Vaginantia, sheathing the stem or each other, as in most grasses; see ''Phleum alpinum, Engl. Bot. t. 519, and Arundo arenaria, t.'' 530. The same character is found in many of the Orchis tribe, as Satyrium albidum, t. 505.

Equitantia, equitant, disposed in two opposite rows and clasping each other by their compressed base, as in Narthecium ossifragum, t. 535, and the genus Iris;