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Adpressa, close-pressed to the stem, as Xeranthemum 



sesamoides^ Curt. Mag. t. 425. 

 Verticalia, perpendicuhir, both sides at right angles 



with the horizon, as Lactuca Scariola, Engl. Bot. 



t. 268. 

 Erecta, upright, forming a very acute angle with the 



stem, as Juncus articidatiis, t. 238. 

 Patentia, spreading, forming a moderately acute an- 

 gle with the stem or branch, as Atriplex portulaco- 



ides, t. 261. 

 Horizontalia, horizontal, or patentissima, spreading in 



the greatest possible degree, as Gentiana campestris^ 



t. 237. 

 Reclinata, inclining downward, as Leonurus Cardiaca, 



t. 286.(46) 

 Recurva, or refiexa, curved backward, as Erica retor- 



ta. Curt. Mag. t. ^62. 

 Inciirva, or inflexa, curved inward, as Erica empetri- 



folia, t. 447. 

 Obliqua, twisted, so that one part of each leaf is verti- 



cal, the other horizontal, as Fritillaria obliqua, t. 



857, and some of the large Proteoe. 

 Resnpinata, reversed, when the upper surface is turn- 



ed downward, as Pharuslatifolius, Browne' s Jamai- 

 ca,t. 38. Linn. Mss,, 2Lwd Alstrcsmeria pelegrina. 



Curt. Mag. ^ 139. 

 Depressa, radical leaves pressed close to the ground, 



as Plantago media, Engl. Bot. t. 1559, and P, 

 . Coronopus, t. 892. The same term applied to 



'46) [Common Motherwort.! 



