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The Journal of Heredity 



points of difference, but merely to 

 state the features in which the plants 

 differed most noticeably from each 

 other and from the parental types. 



INDIVIDUAL PLANTS. 



No. 1. Plant large with heavy foliage and 

 reddish branches; leaves large, slightly crcnate 

 with well developed active nectaries. Involu- 

 cral bracts with a reddish tinge, medium 

 sized, triangular, joined slightly at the base 

 and lying close to the boll. Bolls large, ir- 

 regular in outline, long and tapering from 

 broad base to a tapering beak at the end, 

 deeply but not closely pitted with oil glands. 

 Seeds nearly naked with small tufts of fuzz at 

 both ends. 



No. 2. Plant medium sized, and light 

 colored. Leaves glossy, very slightly crenate, 

 with nectaries lacking or inactive. Involucral 

 bracts very large with long irrcgvilar teeth. 

 The bracts concave and inflated, comyjletely 

 covering the boll. Shape of bolls much the 

 same as those of No. 1, but smaller and fuller, 

 smoother, and more glossy, with more oil 

 glands. Seeds large, round with thick green 

 fuzz. 



No. 3. Plant large and light colored, with 

 slim weak branches. Leaves large, with slightly 

 crenate margins and one active nectary on 

 the midrib. Involucral bracts coarse in 

 texture, long and triangular, strongly twisted 

 to one side, thus leaving the boll exposed. 

 Bolls narrow oblong, very long and slim, deeply 

 pitted and with no gloss. Seeds long and 

 nearly naked, but with small tufts of fuzz at 

 both ends. 



No. 4. Plant large and luxuriant, with dark 

 foliage. Leaves decidedly crenate, and more 

 hirsute than those of preceding plants. In- 

 volucral bracts large, with coarse teeth, 

 triangular and not cordate at the base but 

 joined together for a half inch. Bolls of 

 medium size tapering from above the middle, 

 to a short i)oint, and intermediate in color with 

 numerous oil glands, glossy and smooth. Seed 

 small, round, nearly naked, with small tufts 

 at both ends. 



No. 5. Plant large, strong and vigorous, but 

 very late in maturing. Leaves large, upright, 

 crcnate, light in color, with dull surfaces and 

 small nectaries. Involucral bracts rather 

 small, triangular, scarcely cordate at the base, 

 and but slightly joined. Bolls conical oval, 

 full, very glossy, numerously dcjtted but not 

 deeply jMtted witli oil glands. Seed rather 

 long, nearly naked, with very small tufts at 

 b(jth ends. 



No. 6. Plant .small, d.irk in color, very pro- 

 ductive and early in maturing, in many re- 

 spects exactly the opjxjsite of No. 5. Leaves 

 small, glossy with straight, even margins, 

 broad and not as deeply lobed as preceding 

 plants; but one nectary on leaves, but that 

 large and active. Involucral bracts small, 

 triangular with even teeth, neither cordate 

 nor joined at the base. Bolls small, almost 

 round, with a short, rather blunt beak, glossy 



and numerously dotted but not deeply pitted 

 with oil glands. Seeds small, nearly naked, 

 with no tufts of fuzz. 



No. 7. Plant very large with many vege- 

 tative branches and no fruiting branches 

 developed for four feet up the main stalk. 

 Leaves large, with broad lobes very slightly 

 cut and very often simple. Leaves light in 

 color, but with a bronze tinge and very glossy. 

 Bracts very small, round, evenly toothed and 

 lying close to the boll, bronze in color. Boll of 

 medium size, round, full, tapering abruptly 

 into a thin pointed beak, dark, glossy and 

 abundantly and deeply pitted with oil glands. 

 Seed large, round, covered with thick white 

 fuzz. 



No. 8. Plant tall and dark in color. Leaves 

 small and strongly crenate, dark and glossy, 

 showing but one nectary. Bracts small, 

 triangular, not cordate at the base but joined, 

 with a copper tinge. The ends of the bracts 

 twist to the side, thus leaving the boll exposed. 

 Bolls like those of plant No. 7. Seeds large, 

 round and nearly naked with a large heavy 

 tuft at base. 



No. 9. Plant tall and weak with red drooping 

 branches, very productive and early in matur- 

 ing. Leaves large, with deeply cut lobes, 

 light in color, not glossy. Bracts of medium 

 size, more round than triangular, with teeth 

 curving outward. Their special feature is that 

 they are strongly concave or inflated, forming 

 a balloon-like enclosure around the b(jll. 

 Bolls of medium size, long, tapering gradually 

 from the middle to a beak, light in color, the 

 surface rough and deeply pitted with oil 

 glands. vSccds small, covered with thin fuzz 

 and a small dense tuft at base. 



Plant 10. Plant medium sized, sturdy and 

 early in maturing. Leaves of medium size, 

 light in color, not glossy, not crenate and 

 almost square in shape with two or three well 

 developed nectaries. Bracts medium sized, 

 reddish, round, slightly- inflated and inclined 

 to twist to one side at the ends, very cordate 

 at the base, but not joined. Bolls medium 

 sized, oval tapering to a blunt beak, light in 

 color, glossy with few oil glands. Seeds large, 

 angular and covered with greenish fuzz. 



Plant 11. Plant small, dark in color and 

 early in maturing. Leaves medium sized, 

 broad, with narrow sharp lobes, the margins 

 strongly crenate, the leaf nectaries present 

 and active. Bracts very small, triangular 

 with short teeth, the division of the three 

 teeth at the end of the bract showing plainly, 

 slightly cordate and joined at the base. Bolls 

 small, tapering abru])tly from below the 

 middle to a blunt point, light in color, not 

 glossy, with few f)il glands. Seeil medium 

 sized, angular, nearly naked, witli very small 

 tuft at base. 



Plant 12. Plant small and weak, light in 

 color. Leaves intermediate in size and color, 

 but slightly crenate. Bracts small, with a 

 reddish tinge, round, with short teeth, sliglitly 

 cordate, but not joined at the l)ase. Bolls 

 large, tapering from the middle into a blunt 

 beak, light in color, smooth, glossy, full, oval. 

 Seeds large, ]ilump and completely naked. 



