This form of inflorescence is known technically as a "raceme.". From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference
One of the specimens had a raceme of flowers above a foot long. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia] Reference
Such an inflorescence, strictly speaking, is a = spiciform raceme =. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The inflorescence is either a spike-like raceme or a spiciform panicle. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Inflorescence is either a raceme of spikes or, a lax or contracted panicle. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The forms of inflorescence usually met with are the spike, raceme and panicle. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Inflorescence is a spiciform raceme, bearing the spikelets in clusters of 2 to 4. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Flowers are small, pale violet in colour, produced on an elongated terminal raceme. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 19] Reference
Every branch sooner or later terminates in an inflorescence which is a compound raceme. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The inflorescence is a narrow pyramidal raceme of slender, spreading or deflexed spikes. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The flowers are cinnamon-scented, sessile in 1-2 simple raceme-like spikes from the axils. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 37] Reference
Each raceme has an axis, called the = rachis =, which bears unilaterally two rows of bud-like bodies. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
If the spikelets borne by the axis are all stalked, however short the pedicels may be, it is a = raceme =. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
When she removed it to join in the raceme quadrille, the torchlight caught the deep auburn tints of her hair. From Wordnik.com. [Prayers To Broken Stones]
The name = rachis = is given to the axis of the spike, raceme and panicle, whether the axis is the main one or of the branch. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
The inflorescence is borne on an axillary raceme, up to 15 cm in length, with 2-10 flowers, which may be blue, white or lilac. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 35] Reference
The sun-bird flashes from raceme to raceme, sampling a dozen blooms, while his noisy rival sips with the air of a connoisseur at one. From Wordnik.com. [The Confessions of a Beachcomber] Reference
The flower cluster (raceme), supported on a stout stalk, consists of 180 to 200 short-stalked flowers arranged in threes around the axis. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 10] Reference
The flower cluster (raceme), 'supported on a stout stalk, consists of 180 to 200 short-stalked flowers arranged in threes around the axis. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 24] Reference
Flowers bloom in May-June, raceme on the edge of boughs. From Wordnik.com. [Find Me A Cure] Reference
= The main axis of a compound leaf, of a raceme or of a spike. From Wordnik.com. [Handbook of the Trees of New England] Reference
These occur at the base of the raceme, or rarely in the midst of it. From Wordnik.com. [Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation] Reference
Flowers in a quadrangular raceme, each group of these flowerets having a concave scale at the base. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
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