112 INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY. 
PANIcLr. 
Panicula, Juba. The flowers are borne upon peduncles which 
are variously branched, and seated upon an axis. 
Terminal, Panicula terminalis. Bromus, Juncus acutus, — 
Arbutus serratifolia. . ; 
Not quite terminal, swlapicularis, lateralis. Juncus con- 
glomeratus, J. effusus. 
Axillary, axillaris. Nepeta melissefolia. 
{| Very much branched, ramosissima. A great number 
of ramifications on the axis. Juncus effusus, J. sylvaticus, 
Lapathum obtusifolium. 
Open, loose, Jaxa, effusa. The secondary, third, &c. 
peduncles are long, flexible, distant from one another, and 
inclined at the tip. Bromus arvensis, Avena sativa, A. fatua, 
Yucca gloriosa. PI. 8, fig. 7. 
Divaricated, divaricata. Ramifications separate from 
one another in every direction. Juncus pilosus, J. sylva- 
ticus, Prenanthes muralis, Gypsophila paniculata. 
Spread open, patula. Secondary peduncles very open, 
but not inclined. Prenanthes muralis. 
Pyramidal, pyramidalis. Becoming smaller, from the 
base to the top. Yucca, Agave. 
Closed, coarctata. Ramifications upright and pressed 
close to the axis. Achnatherium lanceolatum, Hypericum 
montanum. 
Leafy, folizta. Ramifications intermingled with leaves. 
Rumex oppositifolius, Rheum undulatum. 
THYRSE. 
Thyrsus. 4 panicle of flowers very closely compacted, so 
as to form an oval head. —Syringa vulgaris, Ligustrum 
vulgare, Vitis vinifera, Aisculus Hippocastanum. 
CoRYMBE. 
Irregular umbell, Corymbus. The flowers are borne upon 
secondary peduncles, which, although springing from dif-= 
ferent points of the main peduncle, are themselves of such 
different lengths as to raise the flowers nearly on a level. 
Simple, Corymbus simplex. The pedicells springing im- 
mediately from the main peduncle. Scilla bifolia, Ledum, 
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