102 OF THE FROND. 



three, or more flowers, of which examples are 



needless. 

 Multifiori, many-flowered, as Daphne Laureola, 



t. 119. 

 When there is no Flower-stalk, the flowers are said 



to be Sessiles, sessile, as in Centaurea Calcitrapa, 



t. 125, and the Dodders, t. 55 and 378. 

 The subject of inflorescence, or particular modes of 

 flowering, will be explained in a future chapter. 



5. PETIOLUS. The Footstalk, or Leaf-stalk. This 

 term is applied exclusively to the stalk of a leaf, 

 which is either simple, as in Ranunculus parvlflorus, 

 Engl. Bot. t. 1 20, Slum angustifoUum, t. 1 39, and 

 all simple leaves.; or compound, as Corlandrum 

 satmiwit t. 67, and Fumarla clamculata, t. 103. 

 In the latter the footstalks end in tendrils, and are 

 called Pet loll clrnferl. 



This part is commonly channelled on the upper side. 

 Sometimes it is greatly dilated and concave at the base, 

 as in Angelica sylvestris, t. 1 128. 



The Footstalk bears the Flower-stalk in Turner a 

 ulmifolia, Linn. Hort. Cliff. t f 10, Menyanthes Indlca, 

 Curf. Mag. t. 658, and perhaps Eplmedium alplnum y 

 Engl. Bot. t. 438. 



6. FRONS. A Frond. In this the stem, Jeaf and fruc- 

 tification are united, or, in other words, the flowers 

 and fruit are produced from the leaf itself, as in the 



