Definite Inflorescence 



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VARIETY OF CAPITULUM. 



The hypanthodium has the end of the stalk hollowed out, 

 the flowers growing within, as in the Fig (fig. 155). 



Fig. 15s.— I. Longitudinal section through the hypanthodium of a Fig, exposing the 

 flowers in its interior. II. A piece with five female flowers ; j, pistil ; ^, perianth. 



We may tabulate the forms of indefinite inflorescence as 

 follows : — 



Indefinite Inflorescence. 



Definite or Centrifugal Inflorescence. — The general name 

 for these is Cyme. We cannot well tabulate them in the same 

 way that we do the indefinite. In many cases we employ the 

 name of the indefinite inflorescence as an adjective to qualify 

 the term cyme. Thus we have a spiked cyme in Sedumj 



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