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Group II. Short plants with short intkrnodes. 



This group includes the fifteen remaining tj'pes. The phints 

 are all shorter tlian in group I and have shorter internodes. 

 Although the difterent types included in this group vary consider- 

 ably among themselves, nevertheless, in the field, the difference 

 in habit between the plants of group I and those of group II is 

 most marked. This group is sub-divided into three classes A , B 

 and C according to the character of the inflorescence. 



A. Hahif open, inJJorr><re)ire open, Ji owe )'s not crowded. This 

 class contains three types, VI, YII, VIII. The plants, though 

 shorter than those in group I, still have a somewhat open habit 

 with a moderate length of intei-node. 



(1) Sideshoots as long as the main axis-giving the plant 



a corjmibose appearance. 

 Type VI. 



(2) Sideshoots not as long as the main axis-o-ivino- the 



plants a pj^-amidal appearance. 

 Types VII & VIII. 



Both VII & VJII are small-leaved forms. They are differ- 

 entiated partly b}- the habit. The sideshoots in type VIII are 

 more spreading than in VII, and this difference in appearance is 

 intensified bj^ the difference in the angle of insertion of the 

 leaves. Both these difl^'erences tend to disappear later if the 

 plant is allowed to become overgrown and when the leaves lose 

 some of their turgidity. There are also small differences in the 

 individual characters of the lower and infiorescence leaves. 



