92 _ THE INFLORESCENCE. 
321. The Cxrme has the peduncles arising from the same 
_ point, but irregularly divided into pedicels, which do not pro- a 
ceed from one central point, the flowers being nearly at the 
same level, as in the Elder (Sambucus nigra’), Fig. 18, the 
Guelder Rose (Viburnum), andthe Wild Cornel or Dogwood 
(Cornus sanguinea.) ae 
When the Cyme has very few flowers, it has been termed 
a verticillaster. Two opposite verticillasters are supposed to 
. form the verticillus in Labiate. See par. 327. 
$22. The Unser has all the peduncles nearly equal to 
each other, springing from the same point, diverging like 
rays, the flowers in a globular or semi-spherical form, and 
the pedicels arising regularly from a central point : Fig. 19, 
next page, Mountain Stone Parsley. 
323. The umbel is simple, when each peduncle is single 
flowered, as in Broad-leaved Garlic (Allium ursinum), Cow- 
slip (Primula veris), or Eryngium. When the flowers of a 
___ simple umbel rise nearly to the same level, Richard calls it a 
