INFLORESCENCE. 



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LESSON XX. 



now THE FLOWEES ARE ARRANGED ON THE PLANT. 



x41. Wk may now devote one or two lessons to tlie arrange 

 ment and position of tlie flowers npon the plant, a subject to 

 which botanists give the name of inflorescence. 



Fig. 235. Stapliylea trifolla; a peruhilous, paniculate cyme. 

 Fig. 236. Catalpa; a panide. 



142. Every one has observed such facts as the follow- 

 ing, namely, that flowers are sometimes alone, and often in 

 clusters ; that tliey are sometimes raised on stalks, and some 



141. What is the meaning of the word inflorescence? 



142. What common facts in inflonpconcc docs everybody notice? 



