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DESCRIPTIVE BOTANY. 



between the bracteae, that all the secondary buds are 

 crowded together, and developed from one point at its 



summit (fig. 86.). The pedicels are of the same 

 length, so that all the flowers stand at the same level, 

 as in the last case. When several small, or "partial" 



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umbels, are themselves arranged in an umbelliferous 

 manner round a common axis, the inflorescence is called 

 a "compound Umbel." 



