. The elements of botany embracing organography, histology, vegetable physiology, systematic botany and economic botany ... together with a complete glossary of botanical terms. Botany. 40 The minute branches of the peduncle, or slender stalks â which support the individual flowers, are called pedicels (Fig. 85, jjetf). 47. The bracts are generally dimin- utive leaves which subtend the flower- cluster, or from whose axil the flower stem proceeds (Fig. 85, hr). The sec- ondary or small bracts on the pedicels are called the bractlets (Fig. 85, hrf). They have generally lost the or
. The elements of botany embracing organography, histology, vegetable physiology, systematic botany and economic botany ... together with a complete glossary of botanical terms. Botany. 40 The minute branches of the peduncle, or slender stalks â which support the individual flowers, are called pedicels (Fig. 85, jjetf). 47. The bracts are generally dimin- utive leaves which subtend the flower- cluster, or from whose axil the flower stem proceeds (Fig. 85, hr). The sec- ondary or small bracts on the pedicels are called the bractlets (Fig. 85, hrf). They have generally lost the ordinary function of leaves, and in some cases become highly colored like the flower, as in the Painted-cup (Castelleia), etc. If a single, enlarged bract enclose the flower-cluster, it is called a spathe (Fig. 86). If the bracts are numerous and form a conspicuous cup under the flowers, or an imbri- cated covering around a head of flowers, they form an involucre (Fig. 87, in). The axis of an elongated flower- cluster is called the rachis. When the axis is short, or abortive, so that the flowers are crowded into a head, it is called the receptacle (Fig. 87, red). 48. Inflorescence (, flower) is the mode of flowering, or the situation and arrangement of the blossoms on the plant. If the flowers develop from lateral buds, the inflorescence is called indeterminate, for the shoot, termi- nated by a bud, may continue to grow in length. If the flowers develop from terminal buds, the. 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 Kellerman, William Ashbrook, 1850-1908. Philadelphia, J. E. Potter and Company
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