TABLE VI. 



479 



107 Reflexi, reflex, bending back towards the trunk. 



108 Retroflexi, retroflex, bending backward and forward to- 



wards the trunk. 



109 Fulcrati, fulcrate, having props or supports. 



THE LEAVES, 



The Organs by which Plants are put in Motion. 



I. Their Place. 



110 Radicale, radical, springing from the root. 



111 Caulinum, cauline, springing from the stem. 



112 Rameum, rameous, growing on the branches. 



113 Axillare, axillary, placed at the insertion of the branch. 



114 Florale, floral, placed near the flower, and are commonly 



smaller. 



II. Situation. 



115 Alterna, alternate, when they come out single, and follow 



in a gradual order. 



116 Disticha, distichous, disposed in two opposite rows, though 



inserted on all sides. 



117 Bifaria, bifarious, inserted only on two opposite sides of a 



branch or middle rib. 



1 1 8 Sparsa, sparsed, scattered in no certain order. 



119 Conferta, comfert, crowded together. 



120 Imbricata, imbricate, lying oyer one another like scales of 



fishes. 



121 Fascicui.ata, fasciculate, growing in bunches from one point. 



122 Gemina, Trina, &c. tzvo, three, or more together from the 



same point. 



123 Confluentia, confluent, growing together or running into 



one another at the base. 



124 Approximata, approximate, mutually approaching each 



other. 



12,5 Remota, remote, placed at some distance from each other. 

 126 Opposita, opposite, growing opposite, but in such a man- 

 ner that each pair crosses the other above and below. 



