spaced on rachis, prominent rachis flaps. The cupules 
differ from those of Bat Cave corn in being slightly 
broader than long and in being more hairy. The rachil- 
lae are long. 
A fragment of cob from this level apparently belongs 
to the same race, since it is twelve-rowed and has similar 
cupules. This fragment is somewhat flattened. Both of 
these specimens represent Pre-Chapalote. 
Trench 3, Level 3 (12-18"). One intact cob, 7.5 em. 
long, with ten rows, tapering at both ends. This is prob- 
ably an early form of modern Chapalote. 
Six fragments with twelve, eight, ten, ten, eight, ten 
rows respectively. 
Two fragments representing eight- and ten-rowed cobs 
with long glumes; both upper and lower glumes are thick 
and fleshy. ‘These are similar to some of the cobs from 
the surface layer. They may be intrusions. 
Trench 3, Level 2 (6-12). Three intact cobs, 6, 7, 
and 7.5 cm. in length, ten-rowed, tapering at both ends, 
similar to the intact cob in Level 3, and, like it, prob- 
ably representing an early form of Chapalote. 
One intact cob, 5 cm. long, six-rowed, highly Tripsa- 
coid; indurated glumes and rachis; crateriform lower 
glumes; some single spikelets. ‘The specimen can be 
matched almost exactly by segregates from maize- 
teosinte hybrids. An additional fragment, badly eroded 
through charring, may also be Tripsacoid. 
Twenty fragments, predominantly ten-rowed, all of 
which resemble, in general characteristics, the intact cobs 
of Early Chapalote. 
Five fragments of an eight-rowed maize with a slender 
cob and glumes, a combination of characteristics which 
suggests that the cobs bore large kernels. These are re- 
lated to Harinoso de Ocho. 
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