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17. Glabri, smooth; when they have a smooth surface. 



18. Villose, hairy or shaggy ; when there is a down of soft 

 Itairs upon them. 



19. Scabrous, rough; when they are covered with little pro- 

 jecting points. 



20. Hispid*; when they are covered with stiff bristles. 



21. Ramose, branchy; when they are furnished with lateral 

 branches ; and these are, 



22. Ascending ; when the branches incline upwards. 



23. Diffuse ; when the branches are spreading. 



24/. Distich, in two rows; when the branches are produced 

 in a horizontal situation* 



25. BrachiAte, having arms; when the branches are oppo« 

 site, and each pair is crossed by the pair next above or below itf . 



26. Ramosissimi, very branchy; when the branches are many^ 

 and without order. 



27; Fulcrate, propt ; when the branches descend to the root, 

 as inFicus. 



28. Proliferous ; when they send forth branches only froo* 

 the centre of the apex, as in pinus. 



The rest as in entire stems. 



Compound stems, are such as are subdivided intoRAMuu, small 

 branches, and diminish as they ascend. These are either, 



1. Dichotomus, forked; when the division is always in two 

 parts J. 



* The word expresses a greater degree of roughness, Editor. 

 f Vide Plate V. Figure 8, of this work, 

 t Vide Plate V, Figure 7, of this work, 



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