133 OP THift PtOWER-STALit. 



MitUiflori, manj-flowered, as Daphne 



Laureola, t. 1 19- 

 When there is tib Flower-stalk, the flowers 

 ^re said to be ScssileSy sessile, as in 

 Centaurea Calcitrapa, t. 125, and the 

 Dodders, t» 55 and 37S, 

 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 lianunculus pai'vijioriis^ 

 Engl. But. t. 120, Shim august [foU urn ^ 

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

 pound, as Coriundrum sativum^ t. 67, and 

 Fumaria clavicalata, t. 103. In the lat- 

 ter the footstalks end in tendrils, and ar6 

 called Fetioli cirrif'eri. 

 This part is commonly channelled on the 



upper side. Sometimes it is greatly dilated 



and concave at the base, as in Angelica syl- 



vesti'is, t. 1128. 



The Footstalk bears the Flower-stalk in 



Turner a ulmifolla, Li?m. Horf. Cliff. /. 10, 



