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A compound spike is seen in Lavandula 

 viimata. Curt. Mag. f, 401, and L. abru- 

 tanoides of Willdenovv. 



Sp'ica accunda, a spike whose flowers 

 lean all to one side, occurs in Nardus 

 sfricta, Engl. But. f, 290. 



Spicula, f. 131, a Spikelet, is applied 

 exclusively to grasses that have many 

 florets in one calyx, such florets, ranged 

 on a little stalk, constituting the spikelet, 

 which is therefore a part of the flower 

 itself, and not of the inflorescence ; see 

 Foa aqiiaiica, t, 131.5, fluifans, t. 1520, 

 Briza mi nor ^ f. 1316, &c. 



CoRYMBUS, f. 132, a Corymb, is a spike 

 whose partial flower-stalks are graduall}'' 

 longer as they stand lower on the common 

 stalk, so that all the flowers are nearly on a 

 level, of which Spircca opuU folia, a common 

 shrub in gardens, is an excellent speci- 

 men. The LinniEan class Tetradijnamia 

 exemplifies this less perfectly, as Car- 

 damine praiensis, Engl. Bof. t, 11^^ 

 CImranthus sinuatus^ t. 46'2, and the com- 

 ^lon Cabbage, Brassica oleracea, L 637, 



