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MOBPHOLOGICAL BOTANY. 



Fig. 104. 



o 



Fia. 104.— Pleioohasial 

 cyme. 



numerous flowers the terminal one of 

 which is situated in the centre, as in 

 the Nadeshiko and Kinshibai ; and 

 some bear numerous flowers the ter- 

 minal one of which is situated lower- 

 most, as in the Mosengoke and 

 Tabirako. The first kind is called 

 the Simple inflorescence; the second 

 kind, the Pleiochasial Cyme (Fig. 104); 

 and the last, the False Raceme or 

 Sympodial Cyme (Fig. 105). 



Definite 

 inflorescence 



Fio. 105. 



Simple Inflorescence. 

 Pleiochasial Cyme. 

 False Baceme. 



o 



Fia. 105. — False raceme. 



All the kinds of inflorescence are represented in the 

 following table. 



I 



Indefinite Inflorescence 



Inflorescence 



Ascending Infl 



(Raceme. 

 Spike. 

 (Umbel. 



Definite Inflorescence ■ 



Centripetal Infl. -. 



ICapitulum. 



Simple Inflorescence. 



Pleiochasial Cyme. 



■False Baceme. 



