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INTBODUCTION TO BOTANY.
Very open, patentissimi. Growing at right angles with
the stem. Asparagus officinalis, Arctium major, Pyrus
sylvestris.
Divergent, divergentes. Very open and verticillate.
Abies.
Arm-like, hrachiati. Very open and crossing each other
in pairs. Melampyrum cristatum, Hypericum crispum.
Divaricated, divaricati. Very open and growing in many
different directions. Rumex pulcher, Teucrium fruticans,
Cichorium sylvestre. Ranunculus hederaceus.
Diffused, diffusi. Growing without any order. Campanula
hederacea, Fumaria officinalis, Geranium dissectum.
Bent outwards, rejiexi^ recurvati. Bent with the convexity
upwards. Equisetum sylvaticum, Larix Europsea.
Hanging, pendidi. Falling below its origin perpendicu-
larly towards the earth. Salix Babylonica, Betula alba,
Fraxinus excelsior pendula.
Bent back, retroflect'i, refracti. Bent back upon themselves.
Rumex pulcher. Dulcamara flexuosa.
Thorn-ended, Spinescens. Ending in a thorn instead of
a bud. Ononis arvensis, Hippophae littoralis.
OUTLINE OF THE RAMIFICATIONS.
Rounded, Ramificatio suhrotunda. Malus communis.
Flat-topped, corymhoso, fastigiata Linnaeus. When the
ramifications end all at the same height from the ground.
Dodartia Orientalis, Pinus Pinea.
Pyramidal, pyramidalis. Spread horizontally, and growing
smaller as they approach the top. Abies pectinata.
Fastigiate, fastigiata Mirbell. All the branches growing
close to the stem, and their divisions pointing to the sky.
Populus fastigiata, Quercus fastigiata.
LEAF SCAR.
Cicatricula. A mark left on the stem by the jointed
leaves, when they fall off.
REMAINS OF LEAVES.
ReliquicB foliormn. Ramenfa. The remains of leaves
which remain attached to the stem, after the death of the
principal part.
CUSHION.
Pulvinus. A small protuberance, frequently found under
the leaf scar.