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INFLORESCENCE 



Fig. 63. 



2d. Raceme (Fig. 63, 

 a), consists of numerous 

 flowers on its own stalk 

 or pedicel, and all ar- 

 r;ui'_ r ed on one common 

 peduncle, as a bunch of 

 currants. 



3d. Panicle (Fig. 63, 

 b), bears tin- flowers in 

 a kind of loose subdivi- 

 ded bunch or cluster. 

 without any regular or- 

 der; as in the oat. A 

 panicle contracted into 

 a compact, somewhat 

 ovate form, as in t he- 

 lilac, is called a thuw 

 or bunch ; a bunch of 

 grapes is a good exam- 

 ple of a thyrse. 



4th. >>'/.' (Fig. 64 

 a), this 'snii assrn.hlag'- 

 of flowers arising from 

 -'di s of a n.inmon 

 ; the flowers an- 

 sessiV: or with very 

 short peduncles ; as the 

 greases ;;nd the mullein. 

 A spike is generally 

 erect. The lowest flow - 

 crs usually blossom and 

 fade before the upper 

 ones expand. When the 

 flowers in a spike are 

 crowded very close, ai: 

 ear is formed, as in In- 

 dian corn. 



5th. U?nbel(Fig. 64, 

 &), several flower stalks 

 of nearly equal length, 



Raceme Panicle Spike Umbel . 



