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branched spike is also called a panicle (fig. 14 of 

 AGAVE). 



In some cases the main axis is branched racemosely 

 and has on the branches small cymes of flowers, as in 

 ^SCULUS, the Horse-chestnut. It is then sometimes 

 called a thyrsus, but this along with other compound 

 inflorescences may be called simply a panicle. 



