=Parts.=--_Flower_, [Illustration] the blossom.
_Peduncle_, [Illustration] the stem of a solitary flower or the main
stem of a flower-cluster.
_Scape_, [Illustration] a peduncle that grows from the ground.
_Pedicel_, [Illustration], p, the stem of each flower of a
flower-cluster. _Bracts_, b, small floral leaves.
_Involucre_, [Illustration] a cluster of bracts.
=Kinds.=--(1.) SOLITARY, single, alone.
_Terminal_, at the summit of the stem.
_Axillary_, [Illustration] in the axils of the leaves.
(2.) CLUSTERED, several flowers collected in a bunch.
(a.) INDEFINITE OR INDETERMINATE, flowering from axillary buds.
Inflorescence centripetal.
{_Racēme_, [Illustration] flowers arranged along the
{axis; pedicels about equal in length (Currant).
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{_Córymb_, [Illustration] same as raceme, except that the
{lower pedicels are elongated, making the top flat
FLOWERS {(Hawthorn).
PEDICELLATE {
{_Umbel_. [Illustration] same as corymb, except that the
{pedicels branch from about the same point (Milkweed).
{
{_Panicle_, [Illustration] compound raceme (Blue-grass).
{
{_Thyrsus_, a compact panicle (Lilac).
{_Spike_, [Illustration] same as raceme with flowers
{sessile (Mullein).
{
{_Spādix_, [Illustration] a fleshy spike, generally
{{enveloped by a large bract called a _Spāthe_,
FLOWERS {[Illustration] (Calla Lily).
SESSILE {
{_Ȧment_ or _Catkin_, [Illustration] a slender pendent
{spike, with scaly bracts (Birch).
{
{_Head_ or _Capitulum_, [Illustration] a shortened spike,
{reduced to a globular form (Clover).
(b.) DEFINITE or DETERMINATE, flowers all terminal. Inflorescence
centrifugal.
_Cyme_, [Illustration] flat-topped or rounded inflorescence (Elder).
_Fascicle_, a compact cyme (Sweet-William).
_Glomerule_, a cyme condensed into a head (Mint).
_Verticillaster_, [Illustration] two opposite glomerules joined
(Motherwort).
_Scorpioid_, [Illustration] a one-sided and coiled cyme (Forget-me-not).