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FLOWERS. 



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cyme, like that of Fig. 215 with Yig. 216, the diagram of a cyme of an op- 

 posite-leaved plant, having a series of terminal flowers and the axis con- 



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tinued by the development of a branch in the axil of only one of the leaves 

 at each node. The dotted hnes on the left indicate the place of the wanting 



branches, which if present would 

 convert this srorpioid cpne into the 

 complete one of Pig. 215. Fig. 217 

 is a diagram of similar inflorescence 

 with alternate leaves. Both are 

 kinds ol false racemes (219). When 

 the bracts ;ire also wanting in such 

 rases, as in many Borragineous 

 plants, tlic true nature of the in- 

 florescence is very much disguised. 



Fig. 214. Compouml cyme of Hydrangea arborescens, with neutral enlarged 

 flowers round tlie circumference. 

 Fig. 215. A complete forking cyme of an Arenaria, or Chick weeil. 

 Fig. 216. Diagram of a scorpioid cyme, with oppo.site leaves or bracts. 

 Fig. 217. Diagram of analogous scoipioid cyme, with alternate leaves or bracts. 



