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OPERCULATA Anthera, [Operculum!, a co- 

 ▼er] See Operculum. • 



OPERCULUM, a cover, lid ; a fpecies of 

 cover to the anthera of the Mufc'i^ as in the 

 Sphagnum, &Ci 



OPPOSITI Rami, Folia ; branches or leaves 

 growing oppofite to each other in pairs ; when 

 applied particularly to branches, it implies each 

 pair croffing that above and below it ; oppofed 

 to Alternu Among many other plants, the 

 Bartjia alpina afibrds an example of folia oppo- 

 fita. 



OFPOSITIFOLIUS Pedunculus [oppofiturm 

 oppofite, & folium, a leaf J growing oppofite to 

 the leaf, as in the Piper, Saururus, Phytolacca, 

 Dulcamara, Fitls, Ranunculus aquaillls. Gerani- 

 um, &c. 



OPPOSITIViE petlolares Gemma, for oppa- 

 fita; oppofite, as in the Llguflrum, Phlllyrea, 

 NySlanthes, Syrlnga, Hypericum, Buxus, "Jaf- 

 minum, Laurus, &c. 



Oppofitlva filpulacea Gemma, oppofite, as in 

 the Cephalanthus, Rhamnus cathartlcus. 



ORBICULATUM Folium, [Orbls, an orb, 



or 



