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Of s t e ivf g, 
ReJieBedy bent back towards the Hern. 
Retrojlex^ bent in different directions. 
Implex^ one running into another. 
Fajiigiate^ equal in height. 
Fulcrate^' defcending to the ground. 
A petiole is a partial ftem or foot-ftalk, fupportin^ 
a leaf; PI. I. fig. 15. Its kinds are, 
Linear^ of the fame breadth from the bafe to th^ 
top. 
Winged, fpreading to each fide with little mem- 
branous wings, as in Orange. PI. II. fig. 9. a. 
Clavate, tapering from the bafe to the top. 
Canaliculate, having a channel running from the 
bafe to the top. 
Glandulous, furnifhed with glandules, a kind of 
little paps, ferving for the excretion of fome hu- 
mor, as in Ople. PI. II. fig. 14. b* 
A peduncle is a partial ftem, or foot-ftalk, fup- 
porting a ilower. PI. I. fig. 15. Its kinds are. 
Filiform, of ^an equal thicknefs from the bafe to 
the top. 
Attenuate, gradually fmaller towards the flower. 
Incrajfate, increafing in thicknefs as it approaches 
the flower. 
Common, fuflaining more than one flower. PI. III. 
, fig. 14.^. 
fuflaining a partial umbel. Pl.III.fig. 16.^. 
Froper, belonging to one flower,, when there are 
more than one o;i a peduncle. PI. III. fig. 14. b. 
Uniflorous, bifiorbus, trijlorous, quadrijlorous, quin- 
queflorous, and multiflorous, bearing one, two, three, 
four, five, and many flowers. 
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