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44 PRINCIPLES OF BOTANY, ETC. 
§ 61. 
T i PANICLE, (panicula), consists of a number of: 
flowers that stand on unequally divided branches, 
and on a long peduncle, fig. 34. ‘The kinds are, 
1, Simple, (simplex), that has only undivided side- 
branches. 
2, Branched, (ramosa), when the branches are 
again branched. 
8. Much branched, (ramosissima), when the side- 
branches are much divided. 
4, Spreading, (patentissima), when the branches 
stand wide from one another, and spread out on all 
sides. 
5. Crowded, (coarctata), when the branches stand 
‘very close together. : 
6. One-rowed, (secunda), when the branches i in- 
cline all to one side. 
§ 62. 
The THYRSE, (thyrsus), it a condensed panicle, 
whose branches are so thick that the whole has an 
oval form, as in the flower of the Privet, , Ligustrum 
vulgare, 
§ 65. 
The spapix. is peculiar to the palms, andi some 
plants allied to the genus Arum. All flower-stalks 
that are contained in a vagina, are called Spadix. 
This organ is sometimes formed like a spike, a ra- 
cemus, or panicle, and from these 3 it takes its name, 
ng, 41, 42, 
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