BRACHYTIC AND NORMAL MAIZE PLANTS 
A brachytic plant is distinguished from an ordinary dwarf in that it is reduced in stature 
only, while in the dwarf all of the organs have been diminished in size. A brachytic 
maize plant is shown at the left compared to a normal plant at the right. The brachytic 
plant arose in the second generation of a hybrid and when self pollinated bred true. 
It equalled the tall plant in leaf area and produced two more nodes, (Fig. 10.) 
