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33. Turned backwards (retrorsus) ; turned in a direction oppo- 
site to that of the apex of the body to which the part turned 
appertains. 
34. Turned inwards (^introrsus, anticus) ; turned towards the axis 
to which it appertains. 
35. Turned outwards {extrorsus, posticus) ; turned away from the 
axis to which it appertains. 
36. Procumbent (^procumbens, humifusus)\ spread over the sur- 
face of the ground. 
37. Prostrate {prostratus, pronus) ; lying flat upon the earth, or 
any other thing. 
38. Decumbent {decumhens) ; reclining upon the earth, and rising 
again from it at the apex. 
39. Diffuse {diffusus) ; spreading widely. 
40. Straggling {divaricatus) ; turning off from any thing irregu- 
larly, but at almost a right angle ; as the branches of many 
things. 
41. Brachiate {brachiatus) ; when ramifications proceed from a 
common axis nearly at regular right angles, alternately in 
opposite directions. 
42. Spreading {patens) ; having a gradually outward direction ; 
as petals from the ovarium. 
43. Converging {connivens) ; having a gradually inward direction ; 
as many petals. 
44. Opposite {adversus, f oppositus) ; pointing directly to a par- 
ticular place ; as the radicle to the hilum. 
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