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now IM-ANTS AUK TKoPAdATKI). 



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i;;^. 'I'lic llowcf-stiilk oi' tootstalk of u lilossom is callcfl ii /'ii/u}ii'/i,' (96). 80 

 t\\o llowors in Fi^'. i;^8, 139, X'c. aro prilnwlnil or stulivod. Jiut in 

 Fig. 141 thf'V aro sitting on \\w stem, or HrHxih'. 



174. In cln.storHWJUicod todistinguisli two kinds of llowor-stalks ; 

 nami'lv, ilic stalk <»f (lie wliolo cluster, if tlim' l)o any, and tho stalk 

 of cacli l)l(»ssoiii. In such cases we call the stalk of the cluster the 

 Pct/niirh, n\ii\ the stalk of the iiidi\idual Mowers we name the />///• 

 Cff/. In the Lily of the \'alley(Fig. .1, us in |<'ig. !.|o), there istho 

 jitilntK'h' or general tlower-stalk (which is here a continuation of c,J 

 the main stem), and then the llowers all haxc jfi/irr/.-t of their own. 



1 75. Kinds of Flower-Clusters. ( )f thos<. which i)ear their ihiwers on 



the sides of a main stalk, in the axils of leaves or Itract.s, the prin- 

 ('i|>al kinds nvo, tin? JiiU'cun', the Cori/ni/i, the I'm/)'/, the Iltdi/^ and t 

 the Ny ;//,(' with its varieties; also the J'unir/c. In the head and 

 tlu' s|)ik(^ the tlowcis ai'e sessile. In the others they liaNc peiHcels 

 or footstalks of their own. 



176. A Raceme is a duster with tlu^ blossoms arranired alon<; the 

 sidt's of a main llower-stulk, or its continuation, and all on pe<lic(!ls 

 of ahout the same length. A hunch of Currant-blossoms or ]>ei"ries, 

 or the graceful cluster of the Lily of the Valley (Fi< 



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140) are 



uo 



good illustrations. Fig. 142 shows thc^ ])lan of the racem«\ Notice that a 

 raceme always l)lossoms from tlu^ bottom to the top, in ri'gular oriler ; because 

 the lower buds are of course tlio oldest. 





H. 



142 

 Kaieiiiu. 



177. A Corymb is a flat-topped or convex cluster, like that of Hawthorn. Fig. 



