April I, 1920 



A Teosinte-Maizc Hybrid 



The reasons for the grouping of the characters are in most instances 

 obvious. A discussion of the less obvious relationships will be found 

 under the descriptions of the various characters, 



All measurements of characters pertaining to the pistillate inflorescence 

 were taken on the third branch from the top of the plant. Some limita- 

 tion of this kind was necessary to simplify the comparisons, and this 

 branch was chosen as representing the region of maximum development 

 of seed. Reference to Tables I and II shows that in pure teosinte this 

 is the branch with the largest spikes and the largest number of seeds per 

 node. 



Table I. — Nufnber of spikes at each node of the various branches of a plant of Florida 



teosinte 



Table II. — Number of seeds at each node of the various branches of a plant of Florida 



teosinte 



