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FIG. 150, 



THE FIKST BOOK OF BOTANY. 



EXERCISE XXX. 

 Attitude of Inflorescence. 



FIG. 151. 



Nodding. 



ERECT. Upright. 

 NODDING. Bending over. 



NOTE. Many of the characters already noted as belonging 

 to the stem of a plant, belong also to the peduncle. Its color, 

 surface, shape, length, limpness, twist, and curvature, may be 

 recorded in connection with the attitude in the same terms as 

 are used in stem-descriptions. 



Some of the statements in the description of Fig. 152 are 

 to be compared with the living plant, and not the picture. 



