. A Manual of botany : being an introduction to the study of the structure, physiology, and classification of plants . Botany. INDBEINITE INFLOEESCENCB. 179 surrounded by a sheathing bract or spathe, and then it constitutes a spadix, which may be simple, as in Arum maculatum (fig. 260), or branching, as in Palms. A spike bear- ing female flowers only, and covered with scales, is either a strobilus, as in the Hop; or a cone, as in the Fir (figs. 217, 218). In grasses there are usu- ally numerous sessile flowers arranged in small spikes, called Locustm or spihelets, which are either set closely
. A Manual of botany : being an introduction to the study of the structure, physiology, and classification of plants . Botany. INDBEINITE INFLOEESCENCB. 179 surrounded by a sheathing bract or spathe, and then it constitutes a spadix, which may be simple, as in Arum maculatum (fig. 260), or branching, as in Palms. A spike bear- ing female flowers only, and covered with scales, is either a strobilus, as in the Hop; or a cone, as in the Fir (figs. 217, 218). In grasses there are usu- ally numerous sessile flowers arranged in small spikes, called Locustm or spihelets, which are either set closely along a central axis, or are produced on secondary axes formed by the branching of the central one; to the latter form the term Panicle is applied. Fig. 261,. 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 Balfour, John Hutton, 1808-1884. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black
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