. The first book of botany : designed to cultivate the observing powers of children. Rachis.—The continuation of a peduncle, fromwhich, flowers branch ofi*. Receptacle.—The top of a peduncle, from which several flowers start together. 80 Fig. 150. THE FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. EXERCISE of Inflorescence, Fia. Erect. Nodding. Erect.—^ODDiNG.—Bending over. NoTE.—Many of the characters already noted as belongingto the stem of a plant, belong also to the peduncle. Its color,surface, shape, length, limpness, twist, and curvature, may berecorded in connection with the attitu
. The first book of botany : designed to cultivate the observing powers of children. Rachis.—The continuation of a peduncle, fromwhich, flowers branch ofi*. Receptacle.—The top of a peduncle, from which several flowers start together. 80 Fig. 150. THE FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. EXERCISE of Inflorescence, Fia. Erect. Nodding. Erect.—^ODDiNG.—Bending over. NoTE.—Many of the characters already noted as belongingto the stem of a plant, belong also to the peduncle. Its color,surface, shape, length, limpness, twist, and curvature, may berecorded in connection with the attitude in the same terms asare used in stem-descriptions. Some of the statements in the description of Fig. 152 areto be compared with the living plant, and not the picture. THE 152. 81
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