186 AN INTRODUCTION 
are allturned one Way: And Spica difticha, a 
double-rowed Spike, when the Flowers ftand 
two Ways. 
A Corymbus *, is a kind of Spike, the 
Flowers of which have each its proper Pe- 
dicellus}, or Partial Foot/talk, raifed to a 
proportionable Height; as in Spire opuli- 
Solia, and Ledum. 
A Panicle, is a Frudtification difperfed on 
Peduncles varioufly fubdivided. It isa Dif- 
Jufe Panicle, when the Pedicelli are divari- 
cate, fpreading afunder; and a Coaréfate or 
confined one, when they ftand clofe to each 
other. 
A Thyrfus, is a Panicle contraéted into an 
ovate Form ; as in Syringa, and Peta/fites. 
A Racemus { confifts of a Peduncle that 
has fhort lateral Branches; as in Vitis and 
Ribes. 
Verticillus, a Whorl, exprefles a Number 
* Corymbus, in its ancient and proper Signification, 
meant a Bunch of Ivy Berries: Butvis now ufed asa 
botanical Term, for all Fructifications that are produced 
in the fame Manner. 
+ In the Philfophia Botanica, it is not Pedicellus, but 
Petiolus ; which feems to be a Miftake, this Term being 
applied to Leaves only. 
t Racemus, anciently fignified a Bunch of Grapes. 
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