NORMAL EGYPTIAN COTTON 



Two joints of a normal fruiting branch of Egyptian cotton showing ^"^ol"'^''.^' P^jfj^^^^^^J"^ 

 attachment of floral bud, with unequal stipules connected by a st.pular rim, enclosing the socket^ 

 A shor^section of ?he main stalk is shown, with equal stipules and a short axillary branch bearmg 

 ksin? e floral bud; subtended by an abortive leaf, with only the stipules developed. The lowe 

 ^oint of the normal fruiting branch, cut near the middle, is more than twice as long as the second 

 joint. Natural size. (Fig. 6.) 



