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FIELD AND WOODLAND PLANTS 



grows on a stalk it is said to ho soUUiry ; but in many cases we find 

 a numljcr of flowers on one peduncle, in whicli instances, should 

 each flower of the cluster have a separate stalk of its own, the main 

 stalk only is called the peduncle, and the lesser stalks bearing the 

 individual flowers are the pedicels. 



1. Ppike. 3. Corymb 



2. Raceme. 4. Umbel 



FORMS OF INPLORESCRXCE 



5. Cyme. 



C. Compound llaoeme or ruuicle. 



7. Gapitulum or Head. 



8. Compound Umbel. 



It is often convenient to make use of certain terms to denote 

 the various arrangements of flower-clusters, and the principal of 

 these are as follows : — 



1. Spike. — Sessile flowers arranged along a common axis. 



2. Raceme. — Flowers stalked along a common axis. 



3. Corymb. — Flowers stalked along a common axis, but the 

 lengths of the pedicels varying in such a manner as to bring all the 

 flowers to the same level. 



