INCOMPLETE FLOWERS. 12? 



do very well. Just below the peduncle, which is a 

 continuation of the main stem of the plant, other 

 flower-bearine stems branch off. Each of them ends 



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again in a flower. But just below that terminal flower 

 other stems branch off again, each bearing a flower 

 and branching as before. Sometimes instead of two, 



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there are three or more branches growing out under 

 the main terminal flower. All inflorescences of this 

 kind of growth are called cymose. 



You will find compound and irregular inflorescences 

 which will be best described as racemose, corymbose, 

 panicled, umbellate, cymose, etc., according to the 

 inflorescence which they most resemble. There are 

 some which you will find puzzling to describe, but do 

 not be discouraged, and as you become more practised 

 and learn more about them your difficulties will 

 gradually disappear. 



