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BOTANY. 



2 Sessile. 



(a) On an elongated axis — e.g., Plantain . . Spike. 

 Var. 2. Drooping — e.g., Poplar . Cathin. 

 Var. 3. Thick and fleshy — e.g., Indian 



Turnip . . " . . Spadix. 



(jb) On a very short axis — e.g., Clover . . . Head. 



RAi 



V 



E. 



Fio. XIX.— Diagrams ot racemose inflorescences. 



III. Flowers in compound groups. 

 1. Regular. 



(as) Racemes in a raceme — e.g., 



Smilacina .... Compound Raceme. 

 (6) Spikes in a spike — e.g.. Wheat . Compound Spike. 

 (c) Umbels in an umbel — e.g.. Par- 

 snip Compound Umbel. 



{d) Heads in a raceme— e.g., Am- 

 brosia Heads Racemose. 



(e) Heads in a spike — e.g., Liatris . Heads Spicatb. 

 And so on. 

 3. Irregular. 



Racemosely or corymbosely com- 

 pound — e.g., Catalpa . . Panicle. 

 Compound forms of the panicle itself are common — e.g.,panided 

 heads in many Compositae, panicled spikes in many grasses. 



B. CYMOSE INFLORESCENCES. 

 I. Flowers solitary; terminal — e.g.. Anem- 



one uemorosa 



SoLiTAKY Terminal. 



