. The elements of structural botany with special reference to the study of Canadian plants ... Plant physiology; Plant anatomy. 126 ELEMENTS OF STRUCTURAL BOTAKY. upper ones, so that all the blossoms are nearly on the same level, the cluster is a corymb (Fig. 170). If the flowers in a head were elevated on separate pedicels of the same length, radiating like the ribs of an umbrella, we should have an umbel, of which the flowers of Geranium and Parsnip (Fig. 51) are examples. A raceme will be compound (Fig. 171) if, instead of a solitary flower, there is a raceme in each axil, and a similar rem
. The elements of structural botany with special reference to the study of Canadian plants ... Plant physiology; Plant anatomy. 126 ELEMENTS OF STRUCTURAL BOTAKY. upper ones, so that all the blossoms are nearly on the same level, the cluster is a corymb (Fig. 170). If the flowers in a head were elevated on separate pedicels of the same length, radiating like the ribs of an umbrella, we should have an umbel, of which the flowers of Geranium and Parsnip (Fig. 51) are examples. A raceme will be compound (Fig. 171) if, instead of a solitary flower, there is a raceme in each axil, and a similar remark will apply ?n the case of the spike, the corymb, and the iJmbel. 190. The inflorescence of most Grasses is what is cfiUed a panicle. This is a coinpoimd form, and is. Fiff. 172. usually a kind of raceme having its primary divisions branched in some irregular manner. 191. Of determinate inflorescence the chief modification is the cyme. This is a rather flat-topped Fig. 172.—A cyme. (Gray.). 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 Spotton, Henry Byron, 1844-. Toronto, W. J. Gage & Co
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