INFLOEESCENCE. 



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(not sessile, as in the spike). It is often pendulous, often 

 erect. 



242a . 243 



Fig. 242. Seonnd (one-sided) raceme of Andromeda raeemosa. 

 Fiff. 243. Pendulous raceme of Currant. 



151. The coryvib differs from the raceme in having the 

 lower .pedicels lengthened so as to elevate all the flowers to 

 about the same level, as in the Yarrow or Wild Thorn. 



152. The utribel appears in Milkweed, .Onion, Ginseng, &c. 

 It consists of several pedicels of similar length, all arising 

 from the same point at top of the peduncle. But in Car- 

 a\^'ay. Carrot, and most of the Umbehvorts (Fig. 244), the 

 umliels are compound, as if each of the pedicels had become 



151. How' does a corymb differ from a raceme? 



153. Please name and describe the inflorescence of the Milkweed. 



How 



