The azaleas were separate flowers no longer; they were pink and white flags streaming by.

杜鹃花不再是单独的花；它们是粉红色和白色的旗帜飘过。

But if you pull one of these flower-heads to pieces, you will find that it is really made up of a great many small separate flowers, which all grow close together on the cushion-shaped top of the flower-stalk.

然而, 如果你将这样一个头状花序分解开来, 就会发现, 它其实由许多独立的小花构成, 它们全部生长在花茎的垫状顶部, 彼此紧密依靠在一起。