12 INFLORESCENCE. 
name of a bud, (pl. 2. f. 2. b.); it consists of a number 
of little leaves closely packed together on a stem, 
waiting the next season to push itself out into a new 
branch furnished with fresh leaves. These buds are 
formed during the summer and autumn, and remain in 
an inactive state during the winter, when they are 
protected from the influence of the wind and cold by a 
number of scales or outer leaves. The buds swell in 
early spring, and throw off these scales and then begin 
to extend into new branches, which are green during 
the first summer, as already noticed, and becoming of 
a brownish tint during autumn, remain unchanged as 
to colour, for the remainder of the life of the plant. 
INFLORESCENCE. 
14. As leaves are variously arranged on the stems 
of plants, so are flowers differently placed on the 
branches which bearthem. This arrangement is termed 
Inflorescence or manner of flowering. 
On examining a Plantain or Verbena (pl. 5. f. 1.) 
in bloom, it will be seen that each flower is fixed closely 
to a general stem; and that the lowest flowers have 
opened before those situated at the upper end. This 
arrangement of the flowers is called a Spike. 
The flowers of the Mignionette, red and black 
Currant (f. 2.), will be found to have each a short stalk 
(s.) below it, by which it is connected to the general 
stem. This form of inflorescence is called a Raceme. 
The flowers of the Sweet William are each placed 
on a stalk upon a common stem, but. the lowermost 
have the longest stalks, by which arrangement all 
