CAUDEX

(Lat.), n. m. Ka4d'(kas'u4d)-e2x. Gen., caud'icis. Gr., erre'Aexos. Kopjudt. OTVTTOS. Fr., c. Ger., Stock, Stamm. It., caudice. Of some botanists, a general term for the stalk or trunk of a plant, and so synonymous with axis; of others, a non branching plant axis, provided with leaves at its upper extremity only, such as the trunk of palm-trees; of Link, the living part of a plant-stalk the branches and leaves of which die each year after fructification. [B, 1, 19, 121.] C. ascendens. Fr., c. ascendant. Ger., auf ste i gender Stock. The aerial stem of a plant. [B, 123.] C. cerebri. Ger., Gro hirnstamm. That part of the encephalon that is situated between the pons Varolii and the optic thalaml, consisting of the crura cerebri and the tegmentum. [Burdach (o, 18).] C. descend ens [Linnaeus]. Fr., c. descendant. Ger., absteigender Stock. The rhizome of a plant: according to some, its root. [B, 1, 19, 121, 123.] C. dorsal is. 1. The spinal cord. 2. The medulla oblong at a. [L, 7.] C. encephali. The cerebral peduncle. [I, 3; K.] C. encephali communis. See MEDULLA 06- long at a and CRUS cerebri. C. encephali pontil is. See PONS Varolii. C. epigseus. Fr., c. sur terre. Ger., oberirdischer Stock. See C. ascendens. C. hypogaeus. Fr., c. souterrain. Ger., unterirdischer Stock. A subterranean stem. [B, 198.] C. intermedium. A portion of the plant-axis situated between the stem and the root, and differing in character from both. The tuberous thickening of the stalk in some varieties of cabbage is an example. [B, 123.] C. medullar is. See Cerebral PEDUNCLE. C. radicis [BoscJ. The extremity of a root. [B, 121.] C. repens. A rhizome. [B, 19.] C. simplex. A non-branching plant-stem. [B, 198.] C. subterrane us. See C. hypogceus. [s. 133]