68 PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY, Be. 
2. Interrupted, (interrupta), when the flowers 
upon the spike are interrupted by naked interstices. 
3. Verticillated, (verticillata), when the flowers, 
leaving naked interstices on the spike, appear on 
that account to be placed in whirls. 
4. Imbricated, (imbricata), when the flowers stand 
so thick together that one lies upon another. 
5. Distichous, (disticha), when the flowers are 
arranged on the spike in two rows. 
6. One-rowed, (secunda), when the flowers are 
all arranged on one side of the spike, so that the 
other side is naked. | 
 "%. Cylindrical, (cylindrica), when the spike is 
equally covered with flowers both above and below. 
8. Linear, (/inearis), that is very slender, and of 
equal thickness. 
9. Ovate, (ovata), that is thick above, more slen- 
der below, and appears of an oval form. 
10. Ventricose, (ventricosa), thick in the middle, 
and slender at both extremities. 
11. Leafy, (foliosa}, having leaves between the 
flowers. _ 
12, Comose, (comosa), having leaves at the apex. 
13. Fringed, (ciliata), having hairs between the 
flowers. 
14. Simple, (simplex), without branches, fig. 277. 
15. Branched or compound, (ramosa vel composita), 
when several spikes stand on one branched or dis 
vided stalk. : 
16. Conjugate, (conjugata), when two spikes, 
standing on one stalk, unite at the base. 
17. Bundled 
