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Inflorescences

 17-Cyme

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Cyme- an inflorescence in which each flower, in turn, is formed at the tip of a growing axis and further flowers are formed on branches arising below it.

Note that in this inflorescence of bouncing bet (Saponaria officinalis) the largest and oldest flower (the one in longitudinal section) is in the center, with younger flowers on either side and below.

Photo by K. R. Robertson of plants of plants growing in Champaign, Illinois.
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