XXII 
INTRODUCTION. 
6 . The Organs of Reproduction 
r« 9 ri T C nn^ 1 S t t h 0 f t: he Fl ®^ er and the parts developed from it, viz. the 
new *p| an tie t !* 16 SEED ‘ The 18 ^ P roduction of an Embryo, or 
fnrm'o P- 0 "!!?' like branches, are evolved from buds. Flower-buds are 
aoex^f the Rtpm 8 ” 1 ^ 8,tu ations as leaf-buds, and in no other, viz. at the 
apex of the stem or brancji, and in the axils of the leaves. Their arrange- 
inerelv 8 th TrfSZtl “ re ;. by * a f of the leaves. Floter-stllX 
merely the ultimate ramification of the stem. In the early state flower- 
of d the ar flowPr StingUISh K ble fr ? m leaf * buds 5 and most conspicuous parts 
rommnn 1 so obviously analogous to leaves that they are called, in 
production'TeT ° f the fl ? Wer - Indeed > a11 the organs of re- 
deveyonmpn? ?^° rmed »h 0n h * Same p,an as those of vegetation, and their 
development follows the same general laws. The parts of the blossom 
belong essentially either to the stem (or axis), or to the [eaves 
99. The arrangement of the flowers upon the stem or branch constitutes 
Tli© Inflorescence. 
withoiit^d? v d< t'n^ r m u Y r ® 8 * direct /y the axil or on the apex of the stem, 
BtilkT^L/d ^ 7 'I he u 1118 sess ! /e : ° r »t may be supported by a flower- 
stalk (peauncled), which is named the Peduncle. J 
sinal!* C3Se of >florescence is where the flower is solitary, or 
in 3 le euher at the summit of the stem (as in the Tulip. &c.) when it 
meTviZd,^ Id 1 " l d ’ ° r from r the axil of a ^af (as in the leafy-stem¬ 
med V lolets, p. 43), when it comes from an axillary bud. 
PfiT 6 2 re accordi . n gly two principal modes of inflorescence ; first, 
t?rnnH th f flo "' ers s P r,n .g from axillary buds, the terminal bud going on 
to continue the stem or axis until it is exhausted, as in Speedwell (p. 302) 
flhpnWhTh’ Wh i Gre the flowe ™ aU terminate (first) the main stem, and 
In q? brancbe9 > or ®P nn g fr° m terminal buds, as in the Pink Family 
modf the /no 10 8 ' W ° rt8 (P ’ ^ 1 i , F® ntian Family (p * &c 1,1 the first 
t? i lnflo / esc . e » ce « ^definite, since the flowering stems may con- 
ment w / tho , ut bnilt > except from exhaustion or want of nourish- 
^ate arrested Kv°tK d r tbe flowerin g stem or branch being in each 
case arrested by the formation of a terminal flower. The indefinite or ax¬ 
illary mode may be first considered. maennue or ax 
leave * fr° m the axils of which blossoms appear are frequently 
quite like those of the rest of the plant, when the flowers are said to b^ 
axillary. Oftener the floral leaves are reduced in size and different in 
tlcts and r e flow e ° ther \ when receive the name of 
53 E?,“ d the flo wer 8 usually more obviously form a cluster, to which 
different names are applied according to its shape, &c. 
in the aT^nf a tL SP, K KE ? f °, rmed wht ! n the flowers are «*sile, or nearly so, 
vS3. (“Si”, t"”"" 1 < ■■ “ ■'« 
. “ 1 ” 
Dart’of« uch cases - ia ‘he common peduncle; and the 
mtahed J th? R the fleers are actually borne is sometimes distin- 
gu'ished 11 Z P^ncL T *“ P ed “" cle ° f each is 
no 1 i°n 7 fl'n I rL n ,!n!!f arily(13 ’ that the flowers a ‘ ‘he base or such 
cession fromihe ‘ hat ^ Wil ‘ e * pand in ^ la ' ^ 
108. A Corymb differs from the raceme only in the greater proportion- 
