
A GCRAPTER TO STUDY. B 
Sessile is the term used when the flowers grow closely to 
the stem and are without either pedicel or peduncle. 
A Raceme is when the flowers grow on pedicels about 
equally long that are arranged along the sides of a common 
stalk. (lic, 2.) 
A Panicle is a compound raceme. (Fic. 3.) 

FIG. 4. FIG. e FIG. 6. FIG. 7. 
A Spike is like a raceme, only the flowers are sessile. (Fic. 4.) 
A Spadix is a fleshy spike that is usually enveloped by a 
leaf-like bract called a spATHE. (FIGs, 5 and 6.) 
A Head or Capitulum is a short, dense spike that is globu- 
larin form, (FIG. 7.) 

FIG. 8, FIG. 9. FIG Io. 
A Corymb is a raceme in which the lower pedicels are 
elongated so that the flowers all reach about the same height. 
(Fic, 8.) 
