1. The vertical stems were dichotomously branched with some branches ending in sporangia. 2. It has small and vivid green creeping leaves on vertical stems . 3. Its blooms, spilling across a thick, vertical stem , have a sweet, honeysucklelike scent. 4. The male inflorescence is thinner and longer, at the top of the vertical stem . 5. The "'branch runes "'are similar, the strokes being attached to a vertical stem and branching upwards. 6. It is replaced by another sucker, with up to 1.5 m of vertical stem growth per year. 7. These produce herbaceous vertical stems that rise upwards, bearing compound leaves with 3, 5, or 7 leaflets. 8. The legs and feet of ant-following antbirds are strong and adapted to gripping vertical stems and branches. 9. The vertical stems work like leaves. 10. They typically grow in wet areas, with whorls of needle-like branches radiating at regular intervals from a single vertical stem .