EXPLANATION OF THE ILLUSTRATION 
Prare XLVIII. A pendent tassel of one of the 
Colombian pop-corn varieties which resembles in 
several characteristics the Assamese race Late Side- 
wise described by Stonor and Anderson. Note, at 
lower left, the sterile spikelets resulting from the 
failure of the tassel to emerge completely from the 
spathe-like sheath. Note, at right, the lax cen- 
tral spike with spikelets borne in whorls at widely 
separated nodes. Note the solitary spikelets at the 
ends of several branches. 
