DIM(1RPniC LEAVES IN RELATION TO HEEEDITY. 



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PARALLEL LEAF FORMS IN OKRA. 



The similaritios of variulions of leaf form in coUoii and JJeccan 

 hemp do not cxliaust tlie series of parallelisms. The okra plant 

 (Ahelmoschus csculentus) also shows the same general range of forms 

 of leaves. Some varieties have broad leaves with very short, rounded 



Fig. !■-'.— Simple leaf of fruiting branch of Eeyiitiati cotton, produced under green- 

 house conditions. (Natural size.) 



lobes; others have rather narrow lobes, separated to below the 

 middle, and there is a third type with very narrow segments digitately 

 divided to the base. Though attention has not been paid to the 



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