260 CONSERVATIVE ORGANS. [LECT. VI. 



a. The approximated (appressi) (fig. I), when 

 /. they rise in a direction nearly 



parallel to the stem ; and are 

 closely applied to it, as in Green 

 Weed, Genista tinctoria. 



b. Inflected (introflexi), when 

 the tips of the branches bend 

 towards the stem ; as in the Lom- 

 bardy Poplar, Populus dilatata. 



c. Fastigiate (fastigiati), 

 when the tops of the branches, 

 from whatsoever part of the stem 

 they spring, rise nearly to the 

 same height; as in Sweet Wil- 

 liam, Dianthus barbatus. 



2. SPREADING (patentes), when the angle, 

 formed by the branch and the upper part of the 

 stem, cannot be termed acute. Seven varieties of 

 this direction of branching are described by au- 

 thors. 



a. Open, diffuse (patuli, diffusi*), when 

 the angle formed with the upper part of the 

 branch is about forty-five degrees ; as in great 

 Hedge Bed-straw, Gallium Mollugo. 



b. Very open, horizontal (patentissimi) , when 

 the angle formed with the upper part of the 

 stem is about 90 degrees ; as in the Apple-tree, 



* " Diffusus ramis patentibus." Phil. JBot. 82. 23. 



