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vulgaris, t. 703, are truly inserted in a 

 ring round the stem; but they are not 

 whorled independent of the leaves, and 

 are therefore more properly, with a re- 

 ference to the leaves, denominated axillary 

 and solitary. 



Racemus, a Cluster, or Raceme, consists 

 of numerous rather distant flowers, each 

 on its own proper stalk, and all connected 

 by one common stalk, as a bunch of Cur- 

 rants, Ribes rubrum, Engl. Bot. t. 1289, 

 nigrum, t. 1291, and O rob us sylvutieus, 

 t. 518. A cluster is most generally droop- 

 ing or pendulous, and the flowers are all 

 expanded nearly at the same time. 



A compound racemus occurs in Sola nam 

 Dulcamara, t. 565, and an aggregate one, 

 several being gathered together, in Actaa 

 racemom, DHL Elth. t. 67 ; but the ex- 

 ample of a bunch of Grapes, quoted by 

 Linnaeus for a racemus^ appears to me a 

 true thyrsus; see below. 



Spica, a Spike, bears numerous flow 

 ranged along one common stalk, without 



