Scape

Scape, an inflorescence rising direct from an underground stem. It may be one-flowered, as in the tulip and crocus, or many-flowered, as in the hyacinth or cowslip. The inflorescence of Anemone is termed a scape, and the three leaves below the flower are considered as bracts because there are other radical leaves, whilst the four leaves below the flower of Herb Paris are considered as foliage-leaves because there are no others. The term scape is not strictly applicable to such cases as this last and that of the lily-of-the-valley, where the branch from the underground stem bears one or two foliage-leaves below the inflorescence. Whilst the hyacinth is a racemose scape, the cowslip is an umbellate and the daisy a capitulate one.