A CHAPTER TO STUDY. 



Sessile is the term used when the flowers grow closely to 

 the stem and are without either pedicel or peduncle. 



A Raceme is when the flowers grow on pedicels about 

 equally long that are arranged along the sides of a common 

 stalk. (Fig. 2.) 



A Panicle is a compound raceme. (Fig. 3.) 



FIG. 4. FIG. 5. FIG. 6. FIG. 7. 



A spike is like a raceme, only the flowers are sessile. (Fig. 4.) 

 A Spadix is a fleshy spike that is usually enveloped by a 

 leaf-like bract called a spathe. (Figs. 5 and 6.) 



A Head or Capitulum is a short, dense spike that is globu- 

 lar in form. (Fig. 7.) 



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FIG. 8. FIG. 9. FIG 10. 



A Corymb is a raceme in which the lower pedicels are 

 elongated so that the flowers all reach about the same height. 

 (Fig. 8.) 



