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lification of the inflorescence. As, however, there is 

 still some difference of o])inion as to the correct mor- 

 phological interpretation to' be put on some of these 

 cases, it has been thought better to include them 

 under the head of heterotaxy than of prolification. 



Some of the cases of prolification of the inflorescence 

 resulting in a branching of an ordinarily simple inflo- 

 rescence, as in Reseda luteola (fig. 57), might equally 

 well be placed with fission or multiplication of the 



Pio. 57. Branched inflorescence of Reseda hUeola. 



axile organs. Branched spikes of this character are 

 not so common among Orchids as might be expected. 



