PLATE LIX 



Portion of brach>-tic fruiting branch of Simpkins cotton producing twin fasciated 

 branches from an axillary bud. The boll of the next inteniode has an elongated, 

 somewhat decurrcnt base, while that of tlie third iutcmode of the branch is aborted 

 and shri\-eled, only the pedicel being shown, at the left of the plate. Natural size. 

 Photographed by Mr. C. B. Doyle. 



