$16 OF THE FLOWER-STALK. 



Jnternodisj proceeding from the intermediate part of a 

 branch between two leaves, as in Ehretia internodis, 

 UHerit'ier Stirp. t. 24, Solamim carolinense. Dill. 

 Hort. Elth. t. 259, and iyidicum, t. 260 ; but this 

 mode of insertion is rare. 



Gemmaceus, growing out of a leaf-bud, as the Barber- 

 ry, Berheris vulgaris^ Engl. Bot. t. 49.(37) 



Terminalis^ terminal, when it terminates a stem or 

 branch, as Tulipa sylvestris^ t 63, and Centaur ea Sca^ 

 biosa, t. 56. 

 ^ J^ateralis, lateral, when situated on the side of a stem 

 or branch, as Erica vagans, t. 3. 



Solitarius, solitary, either single on a plant, as in Riibus 

 Chamamorus, t. 716, or only one in the same place, 

 as in Antirrhinum spurium, t. (691, and many com- 

 mon plants. 



Aggregati Pedunculi, clustered flower-stalks, when sev- 

 eral grow together, as in Verbascum tiigrian, t. 59. 



Sparsi, scattered, dispersed irregularly over the plant 

 or branches, as Liniim perenne, t. 40, and Ranuricu- 

 las sceleratus, t. 681.(38) 



Unijlori, bijiori, triflori, &c. bearing one, two, three, or 

 more flowers, of which examples are needless. 



Multifiori, many-fiowered, ^s Daphne Lanreola,t. 119. 



When there is no flower-stalk, the flowers are said 

 to be Sessiks, sessile, as in Centaurea Calcitrapa, 

 t. 125, and the Dodders, t. 55 and 378. 

 The subject of inflorescence, or particular modes of 



flowering, will be explained in a future chapter. 



, (37) [Native.] (38) [Native.] 



