178 BOTANY 
produced on both sides of the main axis as in the 
buttercup, or only on one side as in the forget-me-not. 
A verticillaster is a cymose inflorescence seen In penny- 
royal and self-heal. Small cymes, each of from three 
to five flowers, are massed together in rings in the axils 
DEFINITE INFLORESCENCES 
UBLE 
ak -CYME 
(2 a 
ONE:SIDED 
BRANCHING 
FIG. 114 | 
TULIP SELF -HEAL 
/SOLITARY ALTERNATE-BRANCHING:CYME VERTICILLASTER 
of bract-like leaves, in the ease of the self-heal 
producing the appearance of a short thick spike. 
THE FRvItT. 
If, as was suggested, the study of the natural orders 
and practice in plant description have gone hand in 
hand with the investigation of separate organs, the 
student should now be familiar with various types of 
fruits. This section will therefore be devoted merely 
to the arrangement and classification of the different 
forms. 
