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FLOWERS. 



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cyme, like that of Fig. 215 with Fig. 216, the diagram of a cyme of an op- 

 posite-leaved plant, having a series of terminal flowers and the axis con- 



tinued by the development of a branch in the axil of only one of the leaves 

 at each node. The dotted lines on the left indicate the place of the wanting 



branches, which if present would 

 convert this scorpioid cyme into the 

 complete one of Fig. 215. Fig. 217 

 is a diagram of similar inflorescence 

 with alternate leaves. Both are 

 kinds of false racemes (219). When 

 the bracts are also wanting in such 

 cases, as in many Borragineous 

 plants, the true nature of the in- 

 florescence is very much disguised. 



FIG. 214. Compound cyme of Hydrangea arborescens, with neutral enlarged 

 flowers round the circumference. 



FIG. 215. A complete forking cyme of an Arenaria, or Chickweed. 

 FIG. 216. Diagram of a scorpioid cyme, with opposite leaves or bracts. 

 FIG. 217. Diagram of analogous scorpioid cyme, with alternate leaves or bracts. 



