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-vulgaris, t. 7^3, are truly inserted in a ring 

 round the stem, /". 127 ; but they are not 

 wliorled independent of the leaves, and 

 are therefore more properly, with a refe- 

 rence to tlie leaves, denominated axillary 

 and solitary. 



RxVCEMUs,y. r28, a Cluster, or Raceme, con- 

 sists of numerous rather distant flowers, each 

 on its own proper stalk, and all connected 

 by one common stalk, as a bunch of Cur- 

 rants, Rihe^ rubrum. Engl. But, t. 1289, 

 7iig}'um, t. 1291} and Orobus si/lvaticus, 

 f. 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 Solamim 

 Dulcamara^ t. 565, and an aggregate one, 

 se\eral being gathered together, in Actaa 

 racemosa. Dill. Elth. t. 6"7 ; but the ex- 

 ample of a bunch of Grapes, quoted by 

 Linnaeus for a racemus, appears to me a 

 true ihijj\^us ; see below. 



Spica, f, 129, a Spike, bears numerous 

 flowers ranged along one common stalk, 



