FOEMS OF INFLOEESCENCE. 



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The Alternate-leaved species is common, growing abundantly 

 in wet, shady places in high and low lands. 



The Opposite-leaved (C. oppositifolium), species is much more 

 rare, but it grows, mingled with the Alternate-leaved on Billy 

 Bank, near Richmond. These complete the Saxifrage group. 



FOBMS OF INFLORESCENCE. 



In describing these recent orders, I have used various terms 

 for different kinds of clusters, which I will now proceed to 

 explain. 



A panicle is a loose cluster of flowers on branched footstalks 

 of various lengths, springing from the main stem at different 

 places. Many of the Grasses flower in panicles (fig. A). The 

 other general forms of clusters are: the spike, where the 

 flowers grow up the stem without having any footstalks ; the 



Beet, Broom, Eape, and Ladies' Tresses, are examples of 

 this (fig, B) ; the raceme, where the flowers are placed on 

 simple footstalks, as in Currant (fig. C), Bird Cherry, and 



