J46 SITUATION AND POSITION OF LEAVES. 



Quaterna,quina^ &c. when 4, 5, or more 

 are so situated, as in various species of 

 Heath, Erica. 



Verticillata, whorled, is used to express 

 several leaves growing in a circle round 

 the stem, without a reference to their 

 precise number, as in Asperula ajnaji- 

 chica, Engl. Bot. t. 33, and odoratay 

 t. 755, which with the genus Galium, 

 and some others, are for this reason called 

 stellatce, star-leaved plants. Whorled 

 leaves are also found in Ilippuris vul- 

 gans, t, 763, and many besides. 



Fasciciilata, f. 26, tufted, as in the 

 Larch, PinuSf LarLr, Lamb. Pin. t. 35, 

 the Cedar, and some others of that 

 genus. 



Imbricata^f. 57, imbricated, like tiles upon 

 a house, as in the common Ling, Erica 

 vulgaris, Engl. Bot. t. 1013, and Eu- 

 phorbia paralla, t. 19.5- 



Decussata,f. 28, decussated, in pairs alter- 

 nately crossing each other, as Veronica 

 (kcussata. Curt. Mag. t. 24C, and Me- 

 laleuca thymifolia, Edvf. Bot. t. 36. 



DisticJia, f. 29, two-ranked, spreading in 

 two directions, and yet not regularly op- 



