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16 PEDUNCLE.—BRACTS, 
stalk or peduncle (fig. 23, p); or if the stalk branches and each 
branch bears a flower, the main axis is still called a pedwnele, and 
the stalk of each flower a pedicel (fig. 24, ped, ped) ; or if the axis © 
be still further subdivided, the general name of peduncle is applied 
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Fig. 23. Inflorescence of a species of Broom-rape (Orobanche). p. Peduncle. 
b, b. Bracts. jl. Flower. The flowers are sessile on the peduncle, and form 
that kind of inflorescence which is termed a spike.——Fig. 24. Inflor- 
escence of Rampion (Campanula Rapunculus), p. Peduncle. ped, ped. 
Pedicels. 6, 6. Bracts. Fig. 25. Flower of the common Wallflower 
(Cheiranthus Cheiri). ce. Calyx, composed of parts called sepals. p, p. 
Petals of which there are four arranged in a cruciform manner, the whole 
forming the corolla. e. Summit of the stamens, which enclose the pistil. 
to the whole, with the exception of the stalks immediately sup- 
porting the flowers, which are in all cases called pedicels. The 
leaves which are placed upon the flower-stalk, and from the axils 
ot which the flower-buds arise, are termed bracts (figs. 23 and 24, _ 
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