CHAPTER XIII 
INFLORESCENCE, OR ARRANGEMENT OF FLOWERS 
ON THE STEM 
196. 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 and are therefore 
either axillary or terminal. 
197. Axillary and Solitary Flowers; Indeterminate 
Inflorescence. — 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. 128 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 
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Fic. 128.— Axillary and Fie. 129. — Raceme of as 
Solitary Flowers of Common Red Currant. CRS 
Pimpernel. Pp, 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 character) is known as indeterminate inflorescence. 
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