Racemose:

1. The growth of the inflorescence is indefinite.

2. The main axis does not terminate in a flower and continuous to grow and forms flowers laterally.

3. The arrangement of flowers in the inflorescence is in acropetal succession with older flowers at the base and younger flower at the apex.

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Cymose:

1. The growth of the inflorescence is definite.

2. The main axis and its branches terminate in a flower.

3. The arrangement of flowers in the inflorescence is in basipetal succession with older flowers at the top and younger flowers at the top and younger flowers at the base.