ortho stade (orthostad)

[ In anc. costume , a long and ample tunic with straight or vertical folds. orthostichous (ortho-sti-kus), a. [ straight-ranked. orthostichy (ôr'thō-sti-ki), n. [ When the leaves are arranged alternately on an that their median planes coincide, they form a straight row or orthostichy. Encyc. Brit ., IV. 116.