AN EXPLANATION OF 



1 25 Remota,remote, placed at some distance from each other. 



126 Opposita, opposite, growing opposite, but in such a man- 



ner, that each pair crosses the other above and below. 



127 Decussata, decussated, where the pairs cross each other 



in a regular manner. 



128 Verticillata, verticillate, whorled, where three or more 



leaves surround the stem 



129 Terna, Quaterna, &c. three or four together, &c. ac- 



cording to the number of leaves surrounding each joint. 



DIRECTION. Folium 



130 Erectum, erect, upright, perpendicular. 



13 1 Strictum, straight, quite perpendicular, without flexure 



or bending. 



132 Rigidum, rigid, stiff, not easily bent. 



133 Adpressum, adprest, the disk of the leaf pressed to- 



wards the stem. 



134 Patens^ patent, spreading, iriaking an acute angle with 



the stem. 



135 Horizontale, horizontal, growing from the stem at light 



angles. 

 * 136 Assurgens, assurgent, bending upwards, 33. 



137 Inflexum, mflex, bending inwards towards the stem. 



138 Reciinatum, rec. mate, bending down wards archwise, the 



apex ascending 



139 Recurvatum, recurvate, bent backwards in the form of 



an arch, the convex side upwards. 



140 Revolutum, revolute, rolled back in form of a scroll. 



141 Dependens, dependent, hanging with the point down- 



wards 



142 Obliquum, oblique, the base looking upwards, the apex 



to the horizon. 



143 Verticale, vertical, leaves so situated, that the base is 



perpendicular to the apex. 



144 Resupmatum, resupinate, when the lower disk of the 



leaf looks upwards. 



145 Submersum, submersed, sunk under the surface of the. 



water. 



146 Natans, natant, floating on the surface of the water. 



147 Radicans, radicant, striking root. 



INSERTION. 



148 Petiolatufia, petiolate, having a petiole or footstalk, 290* 



149 PehatuiiK peltate, having the footstalk inserted into 



the disk of the ieaf. 



150 Ses- 



