. Field and woodland plants. FoRjis OP Inflorescence 1. Spike. 3. Corymb. 5. Cyme. 2. Kaceme. -1. Umbel 6. Compound Raceme or Panicle. 7. Capitulum or Head. 8. Compound Umbel. It is often convenient to make use of certain terms to denotethe various arrangements of flower-clusters, and the ])rincij)al ofthese are as follows :— 1. Spike.—Sessile flowers arranged along a common axis. 2. Raceme.—Flowers stalked along a common axis. 3. Corymb.—Flowers stalked along a common axis, but thelengths of the pedicels varying in such a manner as to bring all theflowers to the same level. GENERAL CHARACTEES
. Field and woodland plants. FoRjis OP Inflorescence 1. Spike. 3. Corymb. 5. Cyme. 2. Kaceme. -1. Umbel 6. Compound Raceme or Panicle. 7. Capitulum or Head. 8. Compound Umbel. It is often convenient to make use of certain terms to denotethe various arrangements of flower-clusters, and the ])rincij)al ofthese are as follows :— 1. Spike.—Sessile flowers arranged along a common axis. 2. Raceme.—Flowers stalked along a common axis. 3. Corymb.—Flowers stalked along a common axis, but thelengths of the pedicels varying in such a manner as to bring all theflowers to the same level. GENERAL CHARACTEES OF PLANTS 9 4. Umbel.—Tlie jiodieols all start fioni the saino level on thepeduncle. 5. Cyme.—An arrangement in \\hich the flower directly at theend of the peduncle opens first, followed by those on the branchingpedicels. 6. Panicle.—A compound raceme—a raceme the pedicels ofwhich are themselves branched. 7. CapHuhim or Flower-head.—A dense cluster of flowers, allattached to a common broad disc or receiita
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