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THE FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. 



EXERCISE XXXI. 



Solitary Terminal and Axillary Inflorescence* 



Solitary Terminal. 



An inflorescence is SOLITARY TERMINAL when the 

 stem, or branch, ends in a single flower. 



The presence of nodes upon ordinary stems dis- 

 tinguishes them from flower-stems or peduncles. 



