94 OF THE DIFFERENT 



it is not unfrequent. See Atriplex pcdunculata, 

 t. 232. 



Alternb ramosus, alternately branched, as Poly- 

 gonum minus, t. 1043, Dianthus deltoides, t.6\, 

 &c. 



DistichitS) two-ranked, when the branches spread 

 in two horizontal directions, as in the Silver Fir, 

 Pimts picea, Dttka??iel 9 Arb. t o. 1. t. 1. 



Brachiatus, brachiate, or four-ranked, when they 

 spread in four directions, crossing each other 

 alternately in pairs; a very common mode of 

 growth in shrubs that have opposite leaves, as the 

 Common Lilac, Syringa vulgaris. 



Ramosissimus, much branched, is applied to a stem 

 repeatedly subdivided into a great many branches 

 without order, as that of an Apple- or Pear-tree, 

 or Gooseberry-bush. 



Prolifer, proliferous, shooting out new branches 

 from the summits of the former ones*, as in the 

 Scotch Fir, Plnus sylvettris, Lambert's Pinus, 

 /. 1. and Lycopodium annotinum, Engl. Bot. 

 t. 1727. This is obsolete, and seldom used. 



Determuiatb ramosus, f. 23, abruptly branched, 

 when each branch, after terminating in flowers, 

 produces a number of fresh shoots in a circular 

 order from just below the origin of those flowers. 

 This term occurs frequently in the later publica- 



* Linn. Phil. Bot. sect. 82. 28. 



