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the main shoot which then sends out late all shoots with cymose 



FlG. 144. Gerbera asplenifolia, Spr. I. Section through head. II. Disk 

 floret. (From Edmonds and Marloth's "Elementary Botany for South 



FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS. 



Kinds of Clusters. 

 . SPIKE Catkin : deciduous, pistillate and 



staminate flowers ; Oak. 

 Spadix : fleshy spike ; Arum. 

 Cone : parts hard and woody ; 



Fir, Leucadendron. 



General Methi 

 Indefinite 



