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Glossary of Botanical Terms:

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basal: (1) (radical) attached or grouped at the base, e.g. of leaves in a rosette, Fig. 2 I; (2) of placentation, with the placenta at the base of the ovary, Fig. 13 H.



Fig. 2. Leaf Arrangement. A, alternate; B, alternate and 2-ranked; C, opposite; D, opposite and decussate; E, equitant; F, whorled; G, pseudowhorled; H, imbricate; I, basal; J, fascicled.
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