. The first book of botany : designed to cultivate the observing powers of children. l^ H^ N^ ^^^Z^^- ^. N CatKin. S Raceme. Ament, or Catkin.—A spilce^ with sessile bractsamong its flowers. It grows on trees and shrubs,and falls off after a while. The Eaceme is a flower cluster, where the flowersgrow upon pedicels of about equal length along therachis. Fig. Glome rule. A GrLOMERULE is formed by nearly sessile clustersof flowers in the axils of opposite leaves. ence of age; but, when this is the case, you must leave thequestion undecided till you have discovered some other modeof sol


. The first book of botany : designed to cultivate the observing powers of children. l^ H^ N^ ^^^Z^^- ^. N CatKin. S Raceme. Ament, or Catkin.—A spilce^ with sessile bractsamong its flowers. It grows on trees and shrubs,and falls off after a while. The Eaceme is a flower cluster, where the flowersgrow upon pedicels of about equal length along therachis. Fig. Glome rule. A GrLOMERULE is formed by nearly sessile clustersof flowers in the axils of opposite leaves. ence of age; but, when this is the case, you must leave thequestion undecided till you have discovered some other modeof solving it. 92 THE FIRST BOOK OF BOTANY. Fig. 167. Fig. 168.


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