94 NOMENCLATURE OF THE FLOWER. 



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Hie spike, the corymb, the fascicle, the tuft, the umbel, 

 the cyme, the panicle, and the bunch. 



75. Whorl: In the verticillus or whorl, the flowers 

 surround the stem in a sort of ring ; though they may 

 not be always inserted on all sides, but merely on two 

 opposite ones. 



The flowers of the mares-tail, dead-nettle, sea-dock, corn-mint, 

 Indian sage, black stinking-borehound, and common balm, arc in 

 the form of a whorl. (F. 12.) 



76. The most common varieties of the whorl, are, 

 the pedunculated, the sessile, the dimidiate, the naked, 

 and a few others. 



a. Pedunculated each flov.-er placed on a peduncle, as in Un- 

 common balm. 



b. Sessile without a peduncle, as in the corn mint. 



c. Dimidiate going half round, as in the ballota disticha. 



d. Naked without any floral or other leaf, as in the whorlcd 

 sage. 



77. Cluster: The cluster or racemus, consists of 

 numerous rather distant flowers, each on its own proper 

 peduncle, and all connected by one common stalk. 



The bunch of currants in bloom is the best example to be referred 

 to. The flowers of the poke, the common wild-cherry and bird- 

 cherry might also be examined. (F. IS.) 



78. The most common varieties of the cluster, are 

 the simple, the compound, the conjugate, the aggregate, 

 and a few more. 



a. Simple not bavin; any branches, as in the red currant. 



