ABNORMAL VARIATION OF EGYPTIAN COTTON 



Short -jointed, hut with iiorinally forim-d |)0<li(cl and sniall, rounded scar left I)v a hud whirh 

 had l)een shed, to rontrast with elouKated sockets and failure of normal sheddiiij? in I'ljiand 

 cluster varieties. Note that the stipules have fallen from the i)ases of the two lower leaves 

 but are present on the others, and of unecjual size. The second involucre is imi)erfect. consisting 

 of a single hract, with the hud ahorted, which fre(|uently occurs in .ihiiormal variations. |»hot(i- 

 graph natural size. (Fig. 5.) 



