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capitulum is said to be naked. Again, ttie liead is 

 usually flat, slightly convex or concave, but occasion- 

 ally it is excavated, and takes the form of a rounded 

 jug, with a small opening at its apex, as in dumur 

 {Ficus htspida) (fig. 72), aswathwa or Peepul, and 

 hot or Banyan. When a large number of small 

 flowers is collected together on a point without a 

 prominent and wide head, the flower-head is said to 

 be CAPITATE, as in babla or 

 Acacia and kadamba {Antho- 

 cepJialus Cadamba). When a 

 spike is pendulous and (usually) 

 consists of unisexual flowers, and 

 falls off as a whole when ma- 

 tured, it is said to be a catkin. 

 Sharisha or mustard, krishna- 

 chura, rerhi or Castor oil, lichoo 

 or Litchi, neem {Melia), and 

 sondal or Indian Laburnum 

 {Cassia Fistula) are examples of 

 raceme and panicle; kanta-nate, 

 rajani-gandha {Polyanthes tuber- 

 osa, Willd.), palang-shag or 

 Spinach {Spinacia oleracea), are 

 examples of spike; pituli (Treuoia nudiflora), toont or 

 Mulberry, and pan or Betel Vine (see figs. 236 and 

 245) are examples of catkin; kachu (see fig. 71), 

 khejur. Cocoa-nut, and Plantain are examples of 

 simple and compound spadix; rangan {Ixora parvi- 

 folid) and kukur-churha {Pavetta indica) are examples 

 of corymb; dhania and mauri are examples of umbel ; 

 surya-mukhi or Sunflower, gendha, kuk-shima or 

 kukur-songa (Vernonia cinerea), are examples of 

 capitulum. 



In cymose or definite inflorescence the main axis 



!. — Diimur {jPicHS 

 hispida) 



f, Longitudinal section, 

 5, Female flower. 

 $, Male flower. 



