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When the leaves are fituated loofely without 

 order upon the branches as at e^ they are 

 termed (folia fparfd)^ fcattered leaves. 



When there are many leaves fet upon a 

 common footftalk, v^hich are fo clofely placed 

 as that their fituation cannot be eafily difcover- 

 ed, they are termed {conferta) cluftered, as at 

 letter/. 



When they are ranged like the tiles of a 

 houfe, or fcales of fifb, imbricata^ as at g. 



But when the leaves are placed in clufters, 

 proceeding from the fame point as at h, faj- 

 ciculatay cluftered or bundled leaves. 



Of the parts of frudification. 

 Thefe parts are either general or particular 3 

 the general are two, viz. the flower and the 

 fruit. The particular are fubdivided into the 

 eight following parts, viz, the impalement or 

 cup {calyce)y the flower-leaves, or petals [corol- 

 la)y the ftamina (Jila?nenta)y the fummits 

 {antbera)y the pointal or ftyle (Jiylus), the, 

 pericarpium or fleihy fubftance which furrounds 

 the feeds, as in Apple and Pear-y the feed 

 (Jemina)^ and the receptacle or placenta ta 

 which the feeds are faftened. The five firft 

 belong to the flower, and the three laft to the 

 fruit. 



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