CYMOSE INFLORESCENCE. 



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to decide whether the cluster is definite or indefinite. 



However, the one-sided mode of branching gives the stem 



a coiled appearance, which is 

 characteristic of the false or 

 cymose raceme, described s 

 scorpioid curved like the tail 

 of a scorpion. 



FIG. 410. 



FIG. 411. 



You may know a cymose umbel by observing that its 

 oldest flowers are in the center of the cluster (Fig. 414), 

 with buds, on short peduncles, sur- 

 rounding them. 



A FASCICLE (Fig. 415) is a cymose 

 cluster of nearly sessile flowers. 



FIG. 412. 



FIG. 413. 



A GLOMERULE is a cymose cluster of sessile flowers in 

 the axil of a leaf. 



