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ORGANOGRAPHY. 



Fig. 400. 



Fig. 401. 



i^ip. 400. Simple corymb of a species of Cerasus. a'. Primary axis, bearing 



bracts b b, from the axils of wliicli pedicels o" n" arise. Fifj- 



401. Compound or branching corymb of the Wild Service tree (I'ljnia 

 tormimttis). a'. Primary axis, a", a". Secondary axes, a'", u'". 

 Tertiary axes, b, b, b. Bracts. 



i. The Panicle. — This is a sort of compound raceme, that is to 

 say, a raceme in whicli the secondary axes instead of pro- 

 ducing flowers directly, branch, and form tertiary axes, &c., the 

 ultimate subdivisions of which bear the Howcrs {fuj. 402). 

 Fig. 402. 



Fig. 402. Paniclcd inflorescence. 



