INFLORESCENCE. 



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LESSON XX. 



HOW THE FLOWERS ARE ARRANGED ON THE PLANT. 



a 41. WE may now devote one or two lessons to the arrange 

 ment and position of the flowers upon the plant, a subject to 

 which botanists give the name of inflorescence. 



Fig. 235. Stapbylea 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 in 

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



141. What is the meaning of the word inflorescence? 



142. What common facts in inflorescence does everybody notice? 



