. The first book of botany : designed to cultivate the observing powers of children. Solitary Axial. A SoLiTAEY Axial flower is one where the ped-uncle starts from the axil of a leaf. In Fig. 154 the pednncle of the lowest flowerstarts from the axil of the leaf, it is hence an axialflower; bnt the pednncle of the lowest flower inFig. 153 starts at the flrst node of the branch, thegrowth of which it terminates; it is hence a terminalflower. 84 THE FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. EXEECISE Axial and Terminal Clustered Termiual. A Terminal Cluster of flowers is one that endst
. The first book of botany : designed to cultivate the observing powers of children. Solitary Axial. A SoLiTAEY Axial flower is one where the ped-uncle starts from the axil of a leaf. In Fig. 154 the pednncle of the lowest flowerstarts from the axil of the leaf, it is hence an axialflower; bnt the pednncle of the lowest flower inFig. 153 starts at the flrst node of the branch, thegrowth of which it terminates; it is hence a terminalflower. 84 THE FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. EXEECISE Axial and Terminal Clustered Termiual. A Terminal Cluster of flowers is one that endsthe growth of a stem, or branch. Fig. 156. Observe that the lowest bud in Fig. 156 is hardlydiscernible as a flower-bnd. The next is a little moreadvanced, the third still more, and so on till, at thetop of the cluster, you see a fully expanded oldest flowers are at the top or centre of thecluster. This order is often reversed, the oldestflowers being at the bottom or outside of the cluster,and it is important for you to notice this circumstancein studying inflorescence. THE INFLOEESCENCE. 85
Size: 1419px × 1760px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectbotany, bookyear1870
