. Plant life and plant uses; an elementary textbook, a foundation for the study of agriculture, domestic science or college botany. Botany. Fig, 120. — A panicle of a common kind of grass. Note that it might be described as a com- pound raceme. The panicle. (See Figure 120.) This kind of inflorescence is found especially among various kinds of grasses, all of which are wind-polhnated. It is very graceful. It may be described as a raceme whose flower-bearing branches have subdivided; that is, it is a sort of compound raceme. The corymb. (See Figures 11 f, 121) This kind of inflorescence is of f
. Plant life and plant uses; an elementary textbook, a foundation for the study of agriculture, domestic science or college botany. Botany. Fig, 120. — A panicle of a common kind of grass. Note that it might be described as a com- pound raceme. The panicle. (See Figure 120.) This kind of inflorescence is found especially among various kinds of grasses, all of which are wind-polhnated. It is very graceful. It may be described as a raceme whose flower-bearing branches have subdivided; that is, it is a sort of compound raceme. The corymb. (See Figures 11 f, 121) This kind of inflorescence is of frequent occurrence. It may be described as a shortened raceme in which the pedicels are of unequal length, the lowermost being the longest, with the result that the flowers (or heads) are borne at about the same level. The umbel. (See Figure 122.) This is an inflorescence whose pedicels arise from the same place, and are usually of about equal length. It is a kind which is very easy to recognize. Milkweed affords a famihar example of it. Cherry blossoms are also borne in umbels. The inflorescences of the wild carrot (queen's lace) and wild parsnip are compound umbels; the large family to which these plants belong is called Umbellifera; its flowers are always in umbels. The head. (See Figures 123 and 124.) This kind of inflorescence has been mentioned as characteristic of the Composites. It might be described as an umbel whose. Fig. 121. — A corymb of the yarrow, a common weed, and one of the Compositm. Note that in this case, as is common among Composiia, we have an inflorescence made up of 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 Coulter, John G. (John Gaylord), b. 1876. New York, American Book Co
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