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Of flowers. 
VeriidHate, produced in w^hirls or rings round 
the ftem. 1 ^ 1 . III. fig. 13. 
Umjpellate^ in an umbel, a colle^Iion of flowers 
on the top of a common peduncle. Umbels aie, 
1 . Simple, having no fubdivifions. PI. III. fig. 14. 
2- Compound, confiding of feveral umbels. PI. III. 
fig. 16. 
3. Univerfal, the whole compound umbel. 
4. Fartial, the particular urpbels which confli^ 
tute a compound one. PI. III. fig. 16. b. 
5. Froliferous, one umbel growing out ot another. 
6. Concave, loweft in the middle. 
7. Fajiigiate, the flowers equal in height. 
• 8. Convex, highefl in the middle* 
Cymofe, in a cyme, a collection of flowers, the 
common peduncles of which proceed from the fame 
center, but the proper ones are irregular, PI. Ill, 
18. _ _ . ' ' ' 
Capitate, in a capitulum, a number of flowers 
collected almoft into a globular form, having nq 
properpeduncles,orvery Ihort ones. PI. Ill fig. 15. 
Spicate, in a fpike, a number of feflile flowers, 
placed on the fides of a common peduncle. Pi. IH. 
fig. 2 1 . Spikes are, 
1. Simple, confifting of a Angle fpike. 
2. CjVp.ound, confiding of feveral fpikes. 
3. Glomerate, the flowers growing clofe together 
in fomew^hat of a globular form. 
4. Ventricofe, narrowing toward each extremity. 
5. Cylindric, equal in diameter from the bale to 
the top. 
d. Conic, contracting from the bafe to the top. 
7. Interrupted, the flowers not in a continued 
feries, but with fpaces between. 
8 . Imbricate, the flowers clofe together. 
9. the flowers at a didance from each other. 
10. Dijiich^ the flowers Handing two ways. 
1 1 * Comofe, 
