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2d. Raceme , (Fig. 83, a,) consists of numerous flowers, each on 
its own stalk, and all arranged on one common peduncle, as in the 
locust and currant. ' 
3d. Panicle , (Fig. 88, 5,) bears the flowers in a kind of loose, sub¬ 
divided bunch or cluster, without any regular order; as in the oat, 
and some other grasses. A panicle contracted into a compact, some¬ 
what ovate form, as in the lilac, is called a thyrse , as a bunch of grapes. 
4th. Spike , (Fig. 89, a,) this is an assemblage of flowers arising 
from the sides of a common stem ; the flowmrs are sessile or with 
very short peduncles; as the 
grasses and mullein. A spike 
is generally erect. The lowest 
flowers usually blossom and 
fade before the upper ones ex¬ 
pand. When the flowers in a 
spike are crowded very close, 
an ear is formed, as in Indian 
corn. 
5th. Umbel , (Fig. 89, 5,) con¬ 
sists of several flower-stalks, 
of nearly equal length, spread¬ 
ing out from a common cen¬ 
tre, like the rays of an umbrel¬ 
la, bearing flowers on their 
summits; as fennel and carrot. 
Raceme—Panicle—Spike—Umbel. 
