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8, Dichotomous, (dichotomus), when the stem, even 
to the smallest branches, is divided into pairs, as 
in the misletoe, Viscum album, and Valeriana oli: 
foria. — 
c. Stems differing in respect of the Branches. 
9. Alternatebranches, (rami alterni). The branches 
are so placed that between two on the one side there 
rises but one on the opposite side. | 
10. Opposite branches, (rami oppositi), when one 
branch stands on the opposite side to another, and 
the bases of each nearly meet together. 
11. Distichous, (distichus), when the branches 
being opposite to each other, stand on the same 
plane: | 
12. Scattered, (sparsus), when the branches stand 
without order on the stem. 
13. Close, (confertus), when the branches stand 
So thick, and without order, that no empty space res 
mains between them. 
14. Brachiate, (brachiatus), when opposite branches 
stand at right angles with each other, or cross-wise. 
15. Rod-like, (wirgatis), when the branches are 
very long, weak and thin. 
16. Fastigiate, (fustigiatus), when all the branches 
from bottom to top are of such different lengths 
that they are of equal height. 
17. Compact, (coarctatus), where the tips of the 
branches are bent inwards towards the stem. 
18. Spreading, ( patens), when the branches stand 
nearly at right angles with the stem. 
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