]4(J SITUATION AND POSITION OF LEAVES. 



Quatema, quina, &c. when 4, 5, or more 

 are so situated, as in various species of 

 Heath, Erica. 



Verticillata, whorled, is used to express 

 several leaves growing in a circle round 

 the stem, without a reference to their 

 precise number, as in Asperula cynan- 

 cAica, Engl. Bot. t. 33, and odorata, 

 U 755, which with the genus Galium, 

 and some others, are for this reason called 

 stellate star4eaved plants. Whorled 

 leaves are also found in Hippuris vul- 

 garis, t. 763, and many besides. 



Fasciculata, tufted, as in the Larch, Pinus 

 Larix, Lamb. Pin. t. 35, the Cedar, 

 and some others of that genus. 



Imbricata, imbricated, like tiles upon a 

 house, as in the common Ling, Erica 

 vulgaris, Engl Bot. t. 1013, and Eu- 

 phorbia paralia, t. 195. 

 Decussata, decussated, in pairs alternately 

 crossing each other, as Veronica de» 

 cussata, Curt. Mag. t. 242, and Me- 

 laleuca thy mi folia, Exot. Bot. t. 36. 

 Disticha, two-ranked, spreading in two 

 directions, and yet not regularly op- 

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