INFLORESCENCE. 



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LESSON XX. 



HOW TfeB FLOWERS ARE ARRANGED ON THE PLANT. 



J. 41. "Wk may now devote one or two lessons to the arrange- 

 ment and position of the flowers upon the plant, a subject to 

 which botanists give the name of inflorescence." 



Fig. 235. Staphylea trifolia ; a pendulous, paniculate cyme. 

 Fig. 286. Catalpa ; a panicle. 



142. Every one has observed, such facts as the follow- 

 ing, namely, that flowers are sometimes alone, and often in 



clusters ; that they are sometimes raised on stalks, and some- 



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141. What is the meaning of the word inflorescence f 



143. What common facts in inflorescence does everybody notice^ 



