i alum as in flax, or leaf like. as in’ some species Sof Cactus 
a Ee and Ruscus (Fig. 112). | | | he aa se, 
= i~ : . a 
et ; 
Aas a 
: “A Fic. 112.—Leaf-like branch or phylloclade of Ruscus aculeatus : a, flower. 
ae In reference to its position, the stem may be erect, pen- 
- . dulous as in the sunflower, nodding. as in Carduus nutans, 
2 decumbent, flexuose, creeping, where it puts out adventitious 
tis es ‘Fic. 113.—Stem of Convolvulus Fic. 114.—Stem of hop twining  — 
Be ee Ne, arvensis twining to the left. to the right. 
Se gee ka [The flat expanded sharp-pointed leaf-like branch of the butohars Sm poe 
gs broom, Ruscus aculeatus (Fig.. 112), produced i in the axil of the true S 
. scale-like leaf, and bearing the flower on its upper surface, is termed a bie 
petotialete —Ep.] | | ta el 
