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OBJECT LESSONS IN BOTANY. 



the Elm, Clieriy, Willow, and many otlier plants. But it 

 would be more accurate to say that the arrangement, in all 

 these cases, is spiral. (See Class Book, § 22 i.) 



S9 90 91 92 



Fig. 89. Lady's-slipper {Cypripedium)^ — leaves alternate. 



Fig. 90. Synandra, — leaves opposite. 



Fig. 91. Larch {Larix Americana)^ — leaves fasciculate. 



Fig. 92. Indian Cucumber (J/gJ^rv^a),— leaves whorled. 



50. In the Maple, Lilac, Phlox, and in this figure of th( 

 Synandra (90), a wild western plant, the leaves are Ojpjyosite 

 that is, two opposite ones stand at each joint. The Meadow 

 Lily, and this Medeola (Fig. 92) of the I^ew England woods^ 

 hav' e tohorled or 'vei'ticillate leaves ; that is, several in a circle 

 at each joint. Again, look at this Larch (Fig. 91), the Pines, 

 &c., whose leaves, gathered in little tufts or bundles, are 

 fasGiculate. 



50. Define tlife opposite arrangement. The wliorled j fasciculate. 



