[SANS] Re: [SANS] épée and épi

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• To: S*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
• Subject: [SANS] Re: [SANS] épée and épi
• From: h* <h*@ENDANGEREDSPECIES.COM>
• Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1998 11:01:52 -0700
• In-Reply-To: <14120010227167@naplesnet.com>

>I did some research and I too confused épée with épi (one learns every day)
>The former is a sword  while the later means spike as in a wheat spike.
>A spike is an inflorescence in which the flowers do not have any peduncles,
>as in wheat and that is exactly how the bread looks like, blown up.
>
>Most Sansevierias have inflorescences in the form of a spike-like raceme. A
>raceme is a single stalk inflorescence in which the flowers HAVE peduncles.
>So, spike-like means that the peduncles are so short that the raceme
>inflorescence looks like a spike.
>

So, the duel is on then?

hermine
ps, oil-of-lavender was called spike oil for this reason

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