. Botany of the southern states. In two parts. Botany. Spike. Spadix. When sessile flowers are arranged on a filiform rachis, which falls off after flowering, it is called an ament or catkin, as in the Willow, Hazel, <fcc. (Fig. 114.) When a fleshy axis is densely covered with flowers, inclosed in a spathe, it is called a spadix, as in the Arum. (Fig. 115.) If the secondary axes are equally developed around the pri- mary, as in the Currant and Hyacinth, we have the raceme, (Fig. 116) ; the raceme differing in no respect from the spike, but in having pedicellate flowers. What is a cyme? A fa
. Botany of the southern states. In two parts. Botany. Spike. Spadix. When sessile flowers are arranged on a filiform rachis, which falls off after flowering, it is called an ament or catkin, as in the Willow, Hazel, <fcc. (Fig. 114.) When a fleshy axis is densely covered with flowers, inclosed in a spathe, it is called a spadix, as in the Arum. (Fig. 115.) If the secondary axes are equally developed around the pri- mary, as in the Currant and Hyacinth, we have the raceme, (Fig. 116) ; the raceme differing in no respect from the spike, but in having pedicellate flowers. What is a cyme? A fascicle?—116. What is indeterminate inflores- cence ? What is a spike ? An ament ? A spadix ? A raceme ?. 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 Darby, John, 1804-1877. [from old catalog]. New York, A. S. Barnes & co. , [etc. ,etc. ]
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