THE INFLORESCENCE. 

 FIG. 160. 



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SCHEDULE TWENTY, DESCRIBING FIG. 160. 



Parts? 



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, Jl/lacnM. 



Attitude? 



Position 



Kind? 



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ite. 



LEAF. Cauline, opposite, simple, sessile, feather- 

 veined, entire, oval. 



STEM round, erect, slender, herbaceous. 



NOTE. Compare Fig. 160 with Fig. 156, and observe that 

 they differ in the order in which the flowers unfold. In Fig. 

 160 the oldest flowers are the lowest in the cluster. There 

 is no flower at the top of the cluster, ending the growth of the 



