INCOMPLE TE FL \VERS. 



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In the catkin or amentum* the flowers have either 

 stamens or pistil, not both in the same flower, and the 

 whole falls off together when the stamens have 

 withered or the fruit ripened, as in the willow ( Salix) 

 or the stameniferous catkins of the hazel ( Corylns ) 

 (Fig- 103). 



The raceme\ has the flowers arranged along a more 

 or less lengthened floral axis, as in the spike, but they 

 have longer pedicels, all being of about the same 

 length, as in barbery (Berberis), foxglove (Digitalis), 

 currant (cf. Fig. 169). 



The corymb\ differs again from the spike and the 

 raceme in having the lower 

 pedicels longer than the 

 upper ones, so that the 

 flowers form a nearly level 

 top. 



r \\\z panicle% is a branched 

 or compound raceme (Fig 106). 

 Notice, too, the spike of 

 pistiliferous flowers, with 

 hardening scales as it ripens 

 into fruit and which you know 

 very well as the cone, as on 

 the pine or fir (Fig. 117) 

 or common larch. And the 

 compound spike, as in the 



Fig. 106. Panicle of common 

 Oat. 



* From the Latin " ametttum" a thong or loop, 

 t From the Latin " racemus" or " cory minis'* a bunch or cluster. 

 \ From the Latin "panicufa" the down upon reeds ; a loose 

 inflorescence. 



