. The botany of crop plants : a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. POLYGONACEjE 291 Inflorescence.—The inflorescence is a raceme which may be either paniculate or corymbose (a corymb is a flat-topped raceme type of inflorescence); it is terminal and axillary, many-flowered, and erect or slightly -nectar ^land receptacle Fig. 115.—Common buckwheat (Fagopyrum vulgare). A, achene; B, floral diagram; C, cross-section of fruit; D, flower. {B after Wossidlo; C after Stevens.) Flowers.—The flowers (Fig. 115, D) are white, tinged with pink. There are no petals (hence is apetalous),

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. The botany of crop plants : a text and reference book. Botany, Economic. POLYGONACEjE 291 Inflorescence.—The inflorescence is a raceme which may be either paniculate or corymbose (a corymb is a flat-topped raceme type of inflorescence); it is terminal and axillary, many-flowered, and erect or slightly -nectar ^land receptacle Fig. 115.—Common buckwheat (Fagopyrum vulgare). A, achene; B, floral diagram; C, cross-section of fruit; D, flower. {B after Wossidlo; C after Stevens.) Flowers.—The flowers (Fig. 115, D) are white, tinged with pink. There are no petals (hence is apetalous), but there is a five-parted corolla-like calyx which remains attached to 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 Robbins, Wilfred William, 1884-1952. Philadelphia : P. Blakiston's Son

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