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PLANT RELATION'S. 



very common for them to branch, so that the flowers appear 

 in clusters, sometimes loose and spray-like, sometimes com- 

 pact (see Figs. 75, 76, 77). For example, the common 



Fig. 



A flower cluster from a walnut tree.— After Strasburger. 



dandelion "flower" is really a compact head of flowers. 

 All of this branching has in view better arrangements for 

 pollination or for seed-distribution, or for both. 



The subject of pollination and seed-distribution will be 

 considered under the head of reproduction. 



