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SITUATION" AND POSITION OF LEAVES. ISc'A 



t. 26, glcmduli flora, Exot. Bot. t. 71, and all the species 

 of that genus. In such cases the surface of the stem 

 must perform all their necessary functions. 



1. With respect to Situation and Position, 



Folia radicalia, radical leaves, are such as spring from 



the root, like those of the Cowslip, Engl. Bot. t. 5, 



and Anemone Pulsatilla, t. 51. 

 Caulma. stem-leaves, i^rrovv on the stem as in Paris 



quadrifolia, t. 7, Polefnonimn aeruleum, t. 14, Sec. 

 Ramea, branch-leaves, sometimes differ from those of 



the main stem, and then require to be distinguished 



from them, as Melampyritm arvense, t. 53. 

 Alterna, f. 21, alternate leaves, stand solitarily on the 



stem or branches, spreading in different directions, 



as those of Borage, t. 36, and innumerable other 



plants. 

 Sparsa,f. 19, scattered irregularly, as in Gejiista tincto- 



ria, t. 44, Lil'um chalcedonicianj Curt. Mag. t. 30, 



and hidbiferum, t. 36. 

 Opposite, opposite to each other, as Saxifraga oppositi- 



folia, Engl. Bot. t. 9, Ballota nigra, t. 46, &c. 

 Conferta, clustered, or crowded together, as those of 



Trientahs europaa, t. 15.(42) 

 Bina, only two upon a plant or stem, as in the Snow- 

 drop, Galanthits Jiivalis, t. 19, Scilla bifolia, t. 24, 



and Convallaria majalis, t. 1035.(43) 

 Tcrna, three together, as Verbena triphylla, Curt. Mag. 



(42) [Chickweed wintei'green.l 



(43) [Lily of the valley.] 



