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Branches are oppojfite, and each Pair is 
crofled by the Pair next above or below it. 
, Ramo/fimi, very branchy; when the 
Branches are many, and without Order. 
Fulcrate, propt; when the Branches de- 
{cend to the Root; as in Ficus. 
| Prohferous;whenthey fend forth Branches 
only from the Centre of the Apex ; as in 
Pinus. 
The reft as in entire Stems." 
Compounp Stems, are fuch as are fubdi- 
vided into Ramuli, {mall Branches, and di- 
minifh as they afcend. Thefe are either, 
Dichotomous, forked ; when the Divifion is 
always in two Parts. 
Subdivided; when they are divided into 
Branches irregularly or without Order: or, 
Articulate, jointed; when they are diftin- 
guifhed from Space to Space by Knots or 
Joints ; as in Piper. 
2. CULMUS, a Straw, is the proper Stem 
or Trunk of a Grafs, and ferves to elevate 
and fupport both the Leaves and the Fruc- 
tification: It admits of moft of the Diftinc- 
tions alfeady given for a Caulis or Stem ; 
befides which it may be either, 
Enodis, without Knots; when it is con- 
tinuous, and not intercepted by Joints. 
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