The elements of botany for beginners and for schools . NFLOR-ESCENCE. 197. Flower-buds appear just where leaf-buds appear; that is, they areeither terminal or axillary (47-49). Morphologically, flowers answer toshoots or branches, and their parts to leaves. 198. In the same species the flowers are usually from axillary buds only,or from terminal buds only; but in some they are both axillary andterminal. 199. Inflorescence, which is the name used by Linnaeus to signify modeof flower-arrangement, is accordingly of three classes: namely. Indeterminate,when the flowers are in the axils of leaves,
The elements of botany for beginners and for schools . NFLOR-ESCENCE. 197. Flower-buds appear just where leaf-buds appear; that is, they areeither terminal or axillary (47-49). Morphologically, flowers answer toshoots or branches, and their parts to leaves. 198. In the same species the flowers are usually from axillary buds only,or from terminal buds only; but in some they are both axillary andterminal. 199. Inflorescence, which is the name used by Linnaeus to signify modeof flower-arrangement, is accordingly of three classes: namely. Indeterminate,when the flowers are in the axils of leaves, that is, are from axillary buds;Determinate, when they are from terminal buds, and so terminate a stemor branch; and Mixed, when these two are combined. 200. Indeterminate Inflorescence (likewise, and for the same reason,called indefinite inflorescence) is so named because, as the flowers all comefrom axillary buds, the terminal bud may keep on growing and prolong thestem indefinitely. This is so in Moneywort (Fig. 199). SECTION 8.] INPLORESCENOB. 73. 201. When flowers thus arise singly from the axils of ordinary leaves,they are axillavy and stiUtary, not collected into flower-clusters. 303. But when several or many flowers are produced near each other,the accompanying leaves areapt to be of smaller size, or ofdifferent shape or character:then they are called Bracts,and the flowers thus brought:together form a cluster. Thekinds of flower-clusters of theindeterminate class have re-ceived distinct names, according to their form and disposition. They areprincipally Raceme, Corymb, Umbel, Spike, Head, Spadix, Catkin, andPanicle. 203. In defining these it will be necessary to use some of the followingterms of descriptive botany which relate to inflorescence. If a flower isstalkless, i. e. sits directly in the axil or other support, it is said to besessile. If raised on a naked stalk of its own (as in Fig. 199) it is pedun-culate, and the stalk is a Peduncle. 304. A peduncle on which
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