'U6 SITUATION^ AND POSITION OF LEAVES. 



t. 367. The plants of Chili and Peru seem particu- 

 larly disposed to this arrangement of their leaves. 



Quafema, quina, &c. when 4, 5, or more are so situat- 

 ed, as in various species of Heath, Erica. 



Vcrticillata, vvhorled, is used to express several leaves 

 growing in a circle round the stem, without a refer- 

 ence to their precise number, as in Asperula cijnan- 

 chica, Ejigl. Bot. t. 33, and odorata, t. 755, which 

 with the genus Galium, and some others, are for this 

 reason called stellata, star.leaved plants. Whorled 

 leaves are also found in Hippuris vulgaris, t. 763, and 

 many besides.(44) 



Fasciculata,/. 26, tufted, as in the Larch, Pinus, Larix, 

 Lamb, Pin. t. 35, the Cedar, and some others of that 

 genus. 



Imbricata,/. 27, imbricated, like tiles upon a house, as 

 in the common Ling, Erica vulgaris, Engl. Bot. t. 

 1013, and Euphorbia par alia, t. 195. 



Decussata,f.2^, decussated, in pairs alternately crossing 

 each other, as Fe?'onica decussata, Curt. Mag. t. 242, 

 and Melaleuca thymifolia, Exot. Bot. ^.36. 



Disticha,f.29, two-ranked, spreading in two directions, 

 and yet not regularly opposite at their insertion, as 

 Pinus canadensis, Lamb.Pin.t. 32, and the Ytw,Tax- 

 us baccata, Engl. Bot. t. 746. 



Secunda, f. 30, unilateral, or leaning all towards one 

 side, as Convallaria multijlora, t. 279.(45) 



(44) [Examples of whorled leaves are foond in the Lilies, 

 Lilium CanadcJise and Philadclphicum.'] 



(45) [Many flowered Solomon's seal.] 



