<)4 OF THE DIFFERENT 



it is not unfrequent. See Atriplex pedunculatay 

 t, 232. 



Alternh ramosus, alternately branched, as Poly- 

 gonum minus, t, 1043, Dianthus deltoicks, t,6\y 

 &c. 



Distich us, two-ranked, when the branches spread 

 in two horizontal directions, as in the Silver Fir, 

 Pinus picea, Duhamel, Arh. v. \, t. \. 



Brachiatus, brachiate, or four-ranked, when they 

 spread in four directions, crossing each other 

 alternately in pairs; a very common mode of 

 growth in shrubs that have opposite leaves, as the 

 Common Lilac, Sijringa vulgaris. 



Ramosissimus, much branched, is applied to a stem 

 repeatedly subdivided into a great many branches 

 without order, as that of an Apple- or Pear-tree, 

 or Gooseberry-bush. 



Prolifer, proliferous, shooting out new branches 

 from the summits of the former ones*, as in the 

 Scotch Fir, Pinus sylvestris, Lmnherfs Pinus, 

 t, 1. and Li/copodium annotinum, Engl Bot. 

 t. \7^7. This is obsolete, and seldom used. 



'Determinate ramosas, j\ 23, abruptly branched, 

 when each branch, after terminating in flowers, 

 produces a number of fresh shoots in a circular 

 order from just below the origin of those flowers. 

 This term occurs frequently in the later publica- 



* Linn. Fhil. Bat. sect. 82. 28. 



