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d. Nodding (nutans, cernuus) (fig. c), when 



near the summit 

 only it takes a di- 

 rection more or 

 less towards the 

 horizon, the low- 

 er portion being 

 quite erect ; as in 

 the Cedar, Pinus 

 Cedrus, and So- 

 lomon's Seal, Po- 

 lygonatum mul- 

 tiflora (c). 



2. OBLIQUE (obliquus) is the term employed 

 to designate the elevation of a stem, the direc- 

 tion of which is diagonal to the plane of the 

 horizon. There are three varieties of the oblique 

 stem. It is said to be 



a. Ascending (adscendens) (fig. d), when its 



lower portion forms 

 a curve, the con- 

 vexity of which is 

 towards the earth, 

 or rests upon it, and 

 the summit rises per- 

 pendicularly ; as ex- 

 emplified in many of 



the Grasses (d) ; in Common Toad Flax, The- 

 sium Imophyllum; common Clover, Trifohum 

 pratense ; small Carex, Carex dioica, &c. 



