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dry cymes) might open first, and the chister as a 

 whole would have every appearance of being a 

 corymb. Such compound corymbose cymes are 

 common. The pupil may compare the hydrangea 

 and the elder. 



225. If one were to 

 conceive of a cyme 

 from which one of 

 the halves were cut 

 away, he would have a 

 one-sided cluster which 

 might strongly imitate 

 a cluster of racemes. 

 If the branches of this 

 one-sided cyme were 

 all removed except one, 

 that one branch would 

 imitate closely what 

 is called a scorpioid 

 or helicoid cyme; that 

 is, a cluster which is 

 one-sided and curled 

 or circinate at the end, with the oldest flowers 

 at or near the base. This type of inflorescence 

 is common in the borage tribes, like forget-me- 

 not, heliotrope and comfrey. 



225a. Other forms of eymose inflorescence are those in whicl 

 the pedicels are so much shortened that the cluster is dense and 



F\n. 11)2. 

 Imperfect cyme of wild crab apple. 



