120, 121.] 



SPECIAL FORMS OF INFLORESCENCE. 



141 



364. Cyme is a general term denoting any inflores- 

 cence with centrifugal evolutions, but is properly ap- 

 plied to that level-topped or fastigiate form which 



454 



Diagram (452) of cyme flowers numbered in the order of their development 453, Cyme fastigiate. 454, 

 Cyme half developed a scorpoid raceme. 



resembles the corymb, as in the Elder. If it is loosely 

 spreading, not fastigiate, it is called a cymous panicle, 

 as in the Chickweed, Spergula, etc. If it be rounded, 

 as in the Snowball, it is a globose cyme. 



455 456 



455, Myosotis palustris scorpioid racemes. 456, Stellaria media a regular cyme. 



365. A scorpioid cyme, as seen in the Sundew, 

 Sedum, and Borrage family, is a kind of coiled raceme, 

 unrolling as it blossoms. It is understood to be a half- 

 developed cyme, as illustrated in the cut (454). The 

 fascicle is a modification of the cyme, with crowded 



