. Beginners botany. Botany. FL 0 WER- CL US TERS 157 upwards (Fig. 213). The raceme may be terminal to the main branch; or it may be lateral to it, as in Fig. 214. Racemes often bear the flowers on one side of the stem, thus form- ing a single row. When a cen- tripetal flower- cluster is long and dense and the flowers are sessile or nearly so, it is called a spike (Fig. 215). Common examples of spikes are plantain, migno- nette, mullein. A very sJiort ait el dense spike is a head. Clover (Fig. 216) is a good example. The sunflower-and related plants bear many small flowers in a very dense and
. Beginners botany. Botany. FL 0 WER- CL US TERS 157 upwards (Fig. 213). The raceme may be terminal to the main branch; or it may be lateral to it, as in Fig. 214. Racemes often bear the flowers on one side of the stem, thus form- ing a single row. When a cen- tripetal flower- cluster is long and dense and the flowers are sessile or nearly so, it is called a spike (Fig. 215). Common examples of spikes are plantain, migno- nette, mullein. A very sJiort ait el dense spike is a head. Clover (Fig. 216) is a good example. The sunflower-and related plants bear many small flowers in a very dense and often flat head. Note that in the sunflower (Fig. 189) the outside or exterior flowers. w T Fig. 213.—Raceme of Currant, Terminal or lateral ?. 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. Toronto : Macmillan
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