Complex sentence: Branching was'pseudomonopodial', i.e. resulted in a main stem and a lateral branch, with up to four orders of branching; the branches were borne in two rows on opposite sides of the main stem, producing a relatively two-dimensional structure.
Split into simpler sentences: Branching was'pseudomonopodial', i.e. resulted in a'main' stem and a lateral branch. There were up to four orders of branching; the branches were borne in two rows on opposite sides of the stem, producing a relatively two-dimensional structure.