INFLORESCENCE. 



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LESSON XX. 



HOW THE FLOWERS ARE ARRANGED ON THE PLANT. 



0.41. We may uovr devote one or two lessons to the arrange 

 iiient and position of tlie flowers upon the plant, a subject to 

 which botanists give the name of inflorescence. 



Fig. 235. Staphylea trifolia; a pendulous, paniculate cyme. 

 Fig. 236. Catalpa; a panicle. 



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

 ing, namely, that flowers are sometimes alone, and often ii» 

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



141, What is tlie meaning of tlie word injlore&cence? 



142. What common facts in inflorescence does everybody notice? 



