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55,) a, consists of nu- 
merous flowers on its 
own stalk or pedicel, 
and all arranged on 
one common peduncle, 
as a bunch of currants. 
332. A panicle, (Fig. 
55,) 6, bears the flow- 
ers in a kind of loose 
subdivided bunch or 
cluster, without any re- 
gular order, as in the 
oat. A panicle con 
tracted into a compact, 
somewhat ovate form, 
Sy, 
Ty : as in the Lilac, is call- 
AN ANS i ed a thyrse or bunch; 
fi a) AY. a bunch of grapes is 
Hh "| A ue a good example of a 
; y | thyrse. 
331. Describe the raceme. 
332, What is a panicle, and how does a tAyrse differ from it? 
