GLOSSARY 
FLOWER.— 
The part formed for bringing 
about the multiplication of the 
plant by seed. It consists of 
various organs arranged in 
rings one within the other. 
PANICLE, PANICLED, or 
PANICULATE.— 
A central axis with peduncled 
flowers arranged along it, the 
peduncles being branched. 
RACEME, RACEMOSE.— 
An inflorescence consisting of an 
elongate central axis bearing- 
equal or nearly equal unbranched 
side-stalks disposed throughout 
its leno th. 
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RAC H IS. — The axis of the inflorescence. 
UMBEL, UMBELLATE.— 
An inflorescence in which all the 
peduncles spring from the same 
point. 
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