356 A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



FLOWERS 



r/-SfPALS- 



CWHEN UNITED CALLED CALYX) 



A Perfect and 

 Complete Flower 



Note : Sometimes petals are 

 wanting. When this is true 

 they are often replaced by col- 

 ored sepals. 



PETALS - 



tWHEN UNITED CALLED COROUA) 



K 



•-FLOWER STALK- 



CPrDUNCLE} 



FLOWER CLUSTERS: 



(Inflorescence) 



Spike Raceme Umbel 



(Individual flowers (Individual flowers (See Nos. 532 

 not stalked) stalked) and 338) 



Spikes, racemes and 

 umbels are often 

 branched, sometimes 

 very much so. Such 

 ramifications of these 

 three simple types of 

 flower clusters have 

 special names, omit- 

 ted here for simplic- 

 ity. 



