36 OBJECT LESSONS IN BOTANY. 
the Elm, Cherry; Willow, and many other plants. But it 
would be more accurate to say that the arrangement, in all 
these cases, is spiral. (See Class Book, § 224.) 
Fig. 89. Lady’s-slipper (Cypripedium),—leaves alternate. 
Fig. 90. Synandra,—leaves opposite. 
Fig. 91. Larch (Larix Antericana),—leaves fasciculate. 
Fig. 92. Indian Cucumber (Jfedeola),—leaves whorled. 
50. In the Maple, Lilac, Phlox, and in this figure of the 
Synandra (90), a wild western plant, the leaves are opposite 
that is, two opposite ones stand at each joint. The Meadow 
Lily, and this Medeola (Fig. 92) of the New England woods, 
have whorled or verticillate leaves; that is, several in a circle 
at each joint. Again, look at this Larch (Fig. 91), the Pines, 
&c., whose leaves, gathered in little tufts or bundles, are 
Sasciculate. 
50. Define the opposite arrangement. The whorled ; fasciculate. 
