KLOWKKS: TIir.ll{ AHKANOKMKNT ON TIIK SPFM. 



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1.}^ .sliowN tin' )i|:iii fil" it It is plainly tlio saiii»> as a ra<Tiii" with tlu' IdWir 



|i("»lic<'ls nmcli IdiipT tliait tlio tipprnnost, 

 c'oiTiiil) so that it is liaitlly [»t'ivt'jitil>K', ami 

 wo c'lian<.'t' it into 



178. All Umbel, as in V'\>r 144. Tins is u 

 clustfT ill uliicli tilt' pciliccls all spiiii;,' tVoiii 

 alMiut the saint' l('\»'I, like tlic r<n/.-< or sticks 

 of all uiiihrclla, t'miii \\iiicli it takrs its 



SLortt'ii llu' body, or a.\is, ol' ji 



il i' 



IllllfOSl' 



Itt'ar 



iiaiiH'. rin' Miikwj'cd ami 



their llo\v«'is ill iiiiihcls. 



179. The outer hlossonis of a corynih or 



an iiiiiIh'I plainly answer to tho lower lilos- 



sonis of a raeeine. So the nnihel ami lht> 



corynil) hlossom from the (•irennilt'rence 



towards the centre, the 

 o.itei' flower Imds litini; 

 the oldest. Us that \V(( 

 may know such chisteis 

 from cynics. 



iSo. A Head is a tlowcr 

 cliister with a very short hody, or a.\is, and without any 

 ju'dicels to the i)lo.ssoms, or hardly any, so that it ha.s a 

 rounded form. The nutton-hush ( b'iy. 145), the Thistle, and 

 tho lied Clover are ^'ood examples. 



i8r. It is ]dain that an iimhel would lie chani,'el int ) a head 

 hy shorteniii;^' its pedicels down to nothing' ; or, contrarily, that, 

 a head would become an umbel by uiNinijr stalks to ils liowcrs. 

 182. A Spike is a len<,'thoned tlower-dnster, witli no pedicel-; 

 to the flowers, or hardly any. Fiif. 141 <,'ives the plan of a 

 spike; and tlu' common .Mullein and llie Plantain are fjood 

 examples. A head would become a spike by lenirthenin^' its 

 axis. A raceme would become a spike by shortcnin/;,' its 

 pedicels so much that thov could hardly bo seen. The Ciif/rin 

 and the Spadix are only soils of spike. 

 183. A Catkin or Ament is a spike with scaly bracts. The flowers of tlie \\'il- 



low, Poplai", Alder, and Birch (Fig. 146) are in ca^kin.s. 





