. The first book of botany : designed to cultivate the observing powers of children. d Indeflnite. All axial inflorescence is Iistdefinite, because thestem and branches, if there be any, may grow onjust the same as before blossoming. The inflores-cence in Fig. 159 is indefinite. The stem does notend with flowers, but with a leaf-bnd, which con-tinues its growth. The question. Kind ? is now added to the inflo-rescence-schedule, and pupils will state, in answer,whether the inflorescence is definite or indefinite. THE 160. 89. Schedule Twenty, desckibinq Fig. 160. Parts ? c/^ec
. The first book of botany : designed to cultivate the observing powers of children. d Indeflnite. All axial inflorescence is Iistdefinite, because thestem and branches, if there be any, may grow onjust the same as before blossoming. The inflores-cence in Fig. 159 is indefinite. The stem does notend with flowers, but with a leaf-bnd, which con-tinues its growth. The question. Kind ? is now added to the inflo-rescence-schedule, and pupils will state, in answer,whether the inflorescence is definite or indefinite. THE 160. 89. Schedule Twenty, desckibinq Fig. 160. Parts ? c/^ec/anc^, Q^/oK/eU, Jl/tacn(4. Attitude ? Siecl. Position ? Q^xia/, Kind? Q/naeA^ii^e. Leaf.—Cauline, opposite, simple, sessile, feather-veined, entire, oval. Stem round, erect, slender, herbaceous. I^OTE.—Compare Fig. 160 with Fig. 156, and observe thatthey differ in the order in which the flowers unfold. In the oldest flowers are the lowest in the cluster. Thereis no flower at the top of the cluster, ending the growth of the 90 THE FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. EXERCISE of Inflorescence. 161. Fig. 162. Fig. 163.
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