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‘CHAPTER XIV. 
- Inflorescence, or Arrangement of Flowers on the Stem. 
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164. Regular Positions for Flower-buds. — Flower-buds, 
like leaf-buds, occur regularly either in the axils of leaves or 
at the end of the stem or branch (see § 187) and are therefore 
either axillary or terminal. 
165. Axillary and Solitary Flowers ; Indeterminate Inflores- 
cence. — The simplest possible arrangement for flowers which 
arise from the axils of leaves is to have a 
single flower spring from each leaf-axil. Fig. 
104 shows how this plan appears in a plant 
with opposite leaves. As long as the stem 
continues to grow, the production of new 
leaves may be followed by that of new 
Fie. 104. — Axillary 
and Solitary Flow- ’ Fie. 105.— Raceme of Common Red Currant; p., 
ers of Pimpernel. peduncle; p’., pedicel; br., bract. 
flowers. Since there is no definite limit to the number of 
flowers which may appear in this way, the mode of flowering 
just described (with many others of the same general char- 
acter) is known as indeterminate inflorescence. 
