XXIV BOTANY. 
2. Sessile. 
(a) On an elongated axis—e.g., Plantain . . SPIKE. 
Var. 2. Drosping—2e . Poplar. Catkin. 
Var. 3. Thick and sas mas g., Indian 
Turnip ‘ : : a“ 
(b) Ona very short axis—e.g., Clover . . HEAD. 
vs WW: ; E. HEAD. 
So 
Fig. XIX.—Diagrams of racemose inflorescences. 
III. Flowers in compound groups. 
1. Regular. 
(a) Racemes in a raceme —e.g., 
Smilacina. ; . CompounD RAcEME, 
(0) Spikes ina spike-—e.g., Wheat . CoMPOUND SPIKE. 
(ec) Umbels in an mee Par- 
snip. : : . Compound UMBEL. 
(d) Heads in a raceme—e.g,, Am- 
brosia . ‘ : IIzaADS RACEMOSE. 
(e) Heads ina spike—e.g., Liatris . Heaps SpicaTe. 
And so on. 
2. Irregular. 
Racemosely or corymbosely com- 
pound—-e.g., Catalpa 2 . PANICLE. 
Compound forms of the panicle itself are common—e.g., panicled 
heads in many Compositee, panicled spikes in many grasses, 
B. CYMOSE INFLORESCENCES. 
I. Flowers solitary; terminal—e.g.,, Anem- 
one nemorosa . 4 ‘ , . SoLirary TERMINAL. 
