132 OF THE FLOWER-STALK. 



Multifiori, many-flowered, as Daphne 

 Laureola, t. 11 9* 



When there is no Flower-stalk, the flowers 



are said to be Sessilcs, sessile, as in 



Centaur ea Calcitrupa, t. 125, and the 



• Dodders, t. 55 and 3/8. 



The subject of inflorescence, or particular 



modes of flowering, will be explained in a 



future chapter. 



5. Petiolus. The Footstalk, or Leaf- 

 stalk. This term is applied exclusively 

 to the stalk of a leaf, which is either 

 simple, as in Ranunculus parviflorus, 

 Engl. Hot. t. 120, Sium angustifoliuw, 

 t. 139, and all simple leaves ; or com- 

 pound, as Coriandrum sativum, t. 67, and 

 Fumaria claviculata, t 103. In the lat- 

 ter the footstalks end in tendrils, and are 

 called Petioli cirriferi. 

 This part is commonly channelled on the 



upper side. Sometimes it is greatly dilated 



and concave at the base, as in Angelica 



sylvestris, t. 1128. 



The Footstalk bears the Flower-stalk in 



Turnera ulmifolia, Linn. Hort. Cliff', t. 10, 



