INFLORESCENCE. 15 
LESSON XxX. 
HOW THE FLOWERS ARE ARRANGED ON THE PLANT. 
241. Wz 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. 236. 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 
141. What is the meaning of the word inflorescence? 
142. What common facts in inflorescence does everybody notice? 
