114 Plants and their Ways m South Africa 



arrangements of flowers. We may find out some of these 

 reasons in the next chapters. 



Fig. 126. — Gerhera asplenifolia. L Section through head. II. Disc floret. 

 (From Edmonds and Marloth's "Elementarj^ Botany for South Africa.") 



General Method, 

 Indefinite 



Flower Arrangements. 



Kinds of Clusters. 

 Spike :— Catkin: deciduous, pistillate and 

 staminate flowers ; oak. 

 Spadix : fleshy spike ; Arum. 

 Cone : parts hard and woody ; 

 fir, Leucodendron. 



