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THE FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. 



EXERCISE XXIX. 

 Parts of the Inflorescence. 



FIG. 146. 



Peduncle. 



-Peduncle. 



PEDUN'CLE. The stem of a solitary flower, or of a 

 flower cluster. 



BRACTS. The small leaves of a flower-cluster on 

 the peduncle, or rachis. 



IN'VOLUCRE. A whorl of bracts. 



PED'ICEL. One of the flower-stems in a cluster. 



BRACELETS. Yery small leaves growing upon 

 pedicels. 



