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branch of which the internodes do not elongate, so that all 

 the leaves of that branch are brought close together, as in 

 the Akamatsu (Fig. 32) and Megi (Berberis Thuribergii] 

 (Fig. 40). The leaves of the former, arrangement are said 

 to be Alternate, and those of the latter Fascicled or Spuri- 

 ously Verticillate. 



„ ( Alternate. 



Scattered leaves | Fasoicled . 



There are also two varieties among polymerous leaves : 

 in one case, two leaves are produced at a node on opposite 

 sides of the stem, as in the Nadeshiko (Dianthus chinensis) 

 and Aokiba (Fig. 41) ; and in the other, three or more 

 leaves are so produced at a node that the distance between 

 any two adjacent leaves is equal, as in the Kyochikuto 

 (Nerium odorum) (Fig. 42) and Yayemugura. 



Fig. 41. 



Fig. 41. — Shoot of the Aokiba (Aucitba japonica), 

 with opposite leaves. 



The leaves of the former arrangement are said to be 

 Opposite, and those of the latter Verticillate. 



Polymerous leaves | Tr pp ° SI .*!' 



I verticilla 



Verticillate. 



