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stem, and sessile (that is, without stalks) or with very short stalks (pedicels). 

 When the flowering stem is naked (devoid of leaves) and rises directly 

 from the root or crown of the plant, it is called a scape (figure 51). 



Raceme (figure 49), in which the flowers are arranged along a flowering 

 stem and each flower possesses a distinct stalk or pedicel. The lower 

 pedicels may V)e somewhat longer than the upper ones. 



Umbel (figure 52), when the flowers arise from the same point, which 

 is usually the apex of the flowering stem or of a lateral flowering stalk, and 



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radiate like the rays of an umbrella. If the radiating stalks of such an 

 inflorescence bear smaller umbels at their tips, it is called a compound 

 umbel. 



Corymb | corymbose] (figure 54), when the branches of an inflorescence 

 are of unequal length, but the lower or outer ones are longest so that they 

 all form a flat-topped, or nearly flat-topped, cluster. 



Cyme (figure 55), when the flowers each tenninate an axis or stem 

 arismg successively from a new axis or stem. 



