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 Rh from right to left and from left to right, as in Smilax aspera, ''Ger. em. 859, and many of that genus, also Statice reticulata, Matted Sea Lavender, Engl. Bot. t.'' 328. In a less degree it is not unfrequent. See Atriplex pedunculata, t. 232.

Alternè ramosus, alternately branched, as Polygonum minus, t. 1043, Dianthus deltoides, t. 61, &c.

Distichus, two-ranked, when the branches spread in two horizontal directions, as in the Silver Fir, Pinus picea, Duhamel, ''Arb. v.'' 1. t. 1.

Brachiatus, brachiate, or four-ranked, when they spread in four directions, crossing each other alternately in pairs; a very common mode of growth in shrubs that have opposite leaves, as the Common Lilac, Syringa vulgaris.

Ramosissimus, much branched, is applied to a stem repeatedly subdivided into a great many branches without order, as that of an Apple or Pear-tree, or Gooseberry-bush.

Prolifer, proliferous, shooting out new