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of an equal Height at the Top, as if they 
had been fhorn off horizontally; as in Dr- 
anthus and Stz/ene. 
Patulus, /preading ; when it is branched 
out every Way, fothat the Flowers ftand 
remote from each other. This ftands op- 
poled to coaréate, clofe. 
Bearing conglomerate Flowers ; when it is 
branched, and bears the Flowers in clofe 
compaét Heaps, and is therefore oppofed to 
a difjufe Pannicle. 
Articulate, jointed; when it is furnifhed 
with a Yoint ; as in Oxalis, Sida, and Hi- 
bifcus. 
Coming out in Pairs; asin Capraria, and 
Oldenlandia Bifora. 
Tern, or three fromthe fame Axilla; as in 
Impatiens Triflora. 
Flexuofe, bending divers Ways, or undulate, 
waved; asin Aira flexuofa. 
Remaining on the Plant after the Fruétifi- 
cation is fallen; as in Yambolifera, Ochna, 
and Fuj/ticia. 
Incrafjate, thickened towards the Flower ; 
as in Cotula, Tragopogon, and moft cernuous 
Flowers. 
The Parts of FRUCTIFICATION often 
furnifh moft certain and conftant fpecific 
Differences. Linncus tells us he was once 
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