102 OF THE FROND. 



three, or more flowers, of which examples are 

 needless. 

 Multiflori, many-flowered, as Daphne Laiireola, 



t. 119. 

 When there is no Flpwer-stalk, the flowers are said 

 to be SessiieSj sessile, as in Centaurea Calcitrapa, 

 t. \9>5, and the Dodders, t, 55 and 378. 

 , 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 leal> 

 which is either simple, as in Ranunculus pasviflorms, 

 Engl. Bot, t, 120, Sium angust'ifoUunij t. 139, and 

 all simple leaves ; or compound, as Coriandnim 

 sativum, t. 67, and Fumaria claviculata, t. 103. 

 In the latter the footstalks end in tendrils, and are 

 called PetioU cirriferi. 

 This part is commonly channelled on the upper side. 



Sometimes it is greatly dilated and concave at the base, 



as in Angelica si/lveslris, ^. 1128. 



The Footstalk bears the Flower-stalk in Turnei^a 



iihnifoUa, Linn. Hort. Cliff, t. 10, Menyanthes indica. 



Curt. Mag. t. 658, and perhaps Epimedium alpinum, 



Engl Bot. t. 438. 



6. Frons. a Frond. In this the stem, leaf and fruc- 

 tification are united, or, in other words, the flowers 

 and fruit are produced from the leaf itself, as in the 



