INFLORESCENCE. "9 
(not sessile, as in the spike). It is often pendulous, often 
erect. 
Fig. 242. Secund (one-sided) raceme of Andromeda racemosa, 
Fig. 248. Pendulous raceme of Currant. 
151. The corymd 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 wmbel appears in Milkweed, Onion, Ginseng, &e. 
It consists of several pedicels of similar length, all arising 
from the same point at top of the peduncle. But in Car- 
away, Carrot, and most of the Umbelworts (Fig. 244), the 
umbels are compound, as if each of the pedicels had become 
151. How does a corymb differ from a raceme? 
152. Please name and describe the inflorescence of the Milkweed. How 
