■SITUATION AND POSITION OF* LEAVES. I4'5 



as in Paj'is qitadrifoHa, t. 7? Folcmoniiim 

 cceruleutn, t. 14, &c. 



Rameay branch-leaves, sometimes differ 

 from those of the main stem, ami then 

 require to be distinguished from them, 

 a» Melampyruni arvense, t. 53. 



Alt€rna,f.^\, alternate leaves, stand soli- 

 tarily 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 

 Genista tinctoria, ^ 44, Lilimn chal- 

 cecionicum. Curt, 31ag. t. 30, and hulbi^ 

 ftrum, t. 36. 



Opposita, opposite to each other, as Saii- 

 fraga oppositifolia, Engl. Bot. t. 9j 

 Ballota nigra, t, 46, &c. 



Conferfa, clustered, or crowded together, 

 as those of Trientalis europcea, t, 15. 



JMuQi only two upon a plant or stem, as 

 in the Snowdrop, Galanthiis nivalis, 

 t. 19, Scilla bifolia, t. 24, and Con- 

 vallaria mnjalis, t. 1035. 



Terna, three together, as Verbena tri- 

 pliiflla, Curt. Mag. t. 367. Tlie plants 

 of Chili and i'eru seem particularly dis- 

 posed to this arrangement of their leaves. 



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