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another entire fruit (Fic. 3). The shell of the latter was thinner 
and softer than in the ordinary fruit. ; 
The structure of the anomaly is readily explained, but the data 
at hand afford no explanation of the cause. The inflorescence of 
Coix consists of a single axis bearing on its terminal portion ten 
to fifty or more staminate spikelets, and at its base one to three 
pistillate spikelets. Each of the latter is surrounded by a modified 
leaf sheath which matures into the stony shell of the fruit. 
Through failure of the axis to elongate sufficiently in development, 
the upper spikelet and its sheath had been included in the spathe 
of the lower. 
UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA, 
ATHENS, GEORGIA 
