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the main shoot which then sends out late all shoots with cymose 

 racemes. 



Fig. 144. — Gerbera asplenifolia, Spr. I. Section through head. II. Disk 

 floret. (From Edmonds and Marloth's "Elementary Botany for South 

 Africa".) 



Flower Arrangements. 



General Method. Kinds of Clusters. 



Indefinite . . . Spike — Catkin : deciduous, pistillate and 



staminate flowers ; Oak. 

 Spadix : fleshy spike ; Arum. 

 Cone : parts hard and woody ; 

 Fir, Leucadendron. 



