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The Flotver 



head. One with alternate stalks, two with no stalks at 

 all, one with a partly flattened head and one with a quite 

 flattened head. Each of these inflorescences may be 



Fig. 70. Flowers of Spindle Tree. 



complicated by the flower stalks branching again and 

 thus themselves belonging to any one of these groups. 

 The second main class to which inflorescences may 



