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FLOWER-STALK, PEDUNCLE OR PEDUNCULL'S. 



10. Various species of the peduncle are enumerated 

 by some botanical writers, but the subsequent notes will 

 be found sufficiently comprehensive for general refer- 

 ence. The terms are principally derived from the 

 situation of the appendage in question and the number 

 placed together. 



In some flowers, for example the cowslip, the common peduncle 

 is subdivided into partial flower-stalks, and these are technically 

 called partial peduncles or pedicelli. 



11. Situation: In situation, they may be radical, 

 cauline, rameal, opposite, axillary, lateral, terminal, 

 intermediate, gemmaceous and dispersed. 



a. Radical proceeding immediately from the root. 



b. Cauline proceeding immediately from the stem, as in the 

 ash-leaved averrhoa. 



e. Rameal growing out of the main branch, as in the Malay 

 apple-tree. 



d. Opposite growing opposite to a leaf, as in the mountain 

 geranium. 



e. Axillary growing either from the bosom of a leaf, that is, be- 

 tween it and the stem, as in the alkanet or between a branch and a 

 stem, as in the sea tassel-pond-weed. 



f. Lateral growing on the side of a stem or branch, as in the 

 Cornish heath. 



g. Terminal when it terminates a stem or branch, as in the 

 greater centaury. 



b. Intermediate proceeding from the intermediate part of a 

 branch between two letfves. 



i. Gemmaceous growing out of a leaf-bud, as in the common 

 berberry. 



j. Dispersed scattered irregularly over the stein or brunch. 



