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THE FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. 
Schedule Tenth, descbibing Fig. 148 . 
r ; 
Parts ? 
^Sec/unc/e, SSdtacfa, ^ec/= 
cce/d, ofyoiveifr. 
Attitude ? 
Steel. 
Variety ? 
Sffiaceme. 
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Leaves. —Alternate, simple, sessile, exstipulate, 
feather-veined, serrate, oval-acnte. 
Stem. —Erect, round, herbaceous. 
Root. —F ibrous. 
There are some things about the inflorescence, 
easily understood and described, that have not been 
named in the schedule, and, that they may be noted 
in future descriptions, we call attention to them here. 
When many flowers are crowded upon a rachis, or 
receptacle, the cluster is said to be dense; but when 
they are few and scattering, it is said to be loose. 
The bracts ox a cluster may be very numerous, or 
they may present peculiarities that a child can easily 
describe—such, for instance, as relate to shape or color 
—or they may form an involucre at the base of the 
cluster, and these points might well be included in a 
description. 
