eee. (BOO EH AYN Y, 241 
INFLORESCENCE affords the trueft, 
and in moft Genera the moft elegant Dif 
tinction. Thusin Spirea, the Flowers are 
infome Species duplicato-racemofz ; in others 
corymbofe; and in others again umbellate ; 
without which Charaéters there would be 
no Certainty of the Species. 
The Peduncle or Flower-ftalk, which is 
the Foundation of the Characters of Inffo- 
refcence, varies as to the Manner of its fup- 
porting the Flowers ; and is faid to be, 
Flaceid, wanting Firmnefi; when it is fo 
weak as to be bowed down by the Weight 
of the Flower itfelf. 
Cernuus, nodding; when it is incurvate at 
the ex, fo that the Flower inclines to one 
Side, or towards the Ground, and cannot 
preferve an erect Pofture, by reafon of the 
ftric&t Curvature of the Peduncle ; as in Car- 
pefium, Bidens radiata, Carduus nutans, Sca- 
bifa alpina, Helianthus annuus, and Cnicus 
fibiricus. 
Bearing Fa/ftigiate Flowers ; whenthe Pe- 
dicelli *, or partial Foot-ftalks elevate the 
Fructification into a Fa/cicle, fo that they are 
* Inthis, and fome other Places, the Philofophia Bo 
tanica has Petiole for Pedicellus; but the latter is the 
proper Term for the partial Foot-{talk of a Flower. See 
Chap. 4, 
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