. A guide to the trees [microform]. Trees; Botany; Arbres; Botanique. lO ILLUSTRATED TERMS. A Spike is like a raceme, only the flowers are sessile. (Fig. 31.) A Celtkin or Ament is a scaly sort of spike in which the flowers are without petals. Staminale Catkin, (Fig. 32.) Pis- tillate Catkin, (Fig. ;^;^.) A Head or Capitulum is a short, dense spike that is glob- ular in form. (Fig. 34.). ^-T' FIG. 25. FIG. 26. FIG. 27. FIG. 28. A Corymb is like a raceme, but the lower pedicels are elongated so that the llowers all reach about the same height. U'l^- 35-) An Umbel is like a corymb, only the pedi
. A guide to the trees [microform]. Trees; Botany; Arbres; Botanique. lO ILLUSTRATED TERMS. A Spike is like a raceme, only the flowers are sessile. (Fig. 31.) A Celtkin or Ament is a scaly sort of spike in which the flowers are without petals. Staminale Catkin, (Fig. 32.) Pis- tillate Catkin, (Fig. ;^;^.) A Head or Capitulum is a short, dense spike that is glob- ular in form. (Fig. 34.). ^-T' FIG. 25. FIG. 26. FIG. 27. FIG. 28. A Corymb is like a raceme, but the lower pedicels are elongated so that the llowers all reach about the same height. U'l^- 35-) An Umbel is like a corymb, only the pedicels branch from thesame central point, suggesting the ribs of an umbrella. It may be simple or compoimd. (Fig. 36,) A Cyme is a flat-topped flower-cluster, differing from an umbel in that its innermost flowers are the first to open. (Fig. 37.) Bracts are the modified leaves of an inflorescence, or those that are under a flower. Usually they are green and of differ- ent size and shape than the rest of the foliage ; sometimes, however, they are highly-coloured and petal-like. Many trees bear both staminate and pistillate blossoms which are often Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Lounsberry, Alice; Rowan, Ellis, 1858-1922. Toronto : W. Briggs
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