INTRODUCTORY LESSONS. Xxili 
Suppose that one of the branches in 
Fig. 54 had failed to grow. The first 
flower would then appear to be axil- 4H 
lary. In the plant represented by 
Fig. 57, two of each set of three 
axillary buds usually remain dormant. 
Their growth would complete a Tri- 
chotomous Cyme. Fig. 54 represents a 
Dichotomous Cyme. Imagine the plant 
shown in Fig. 57 to continue branch- - 
ing, the stem to be shortened so as to 
bring the flowers close together, and 
the leaves to become obsolete. A 
bunch of flowers, having the appear- 
ance of a one-sided raceme, would be 
formed. Let the flowers become ses- 
sile, and we would have a false spike. 
Such mimic racemes and spikes are 
usually coiled as shown in Fig. 64. 
The common Anagallis, whose 
pretty salmon-colored flowers appear in 
the axils of the opposite leaves (Fig. 58), 
is an illustration of simple Axillary In- 
florescence. Imagine the leaves reduced 
to bracts, and the stem shortened. The 
fruit, flowers, and buds would then form : 
a Bracteate Raceme. Let the bracts be- \ Si 
come wanting, and we would have a naked ~ 
or Bractless Raceme, similar to the one 
shown in Fig. 59. This raceme wants 
only a slight lengthening of the lower 
pedicels to become a Corymb. Indeed, it 
might be called a Corymbose Raceme. 
Fig. 60 represents a naked raceme, in 
which only one or two flowers are in 
