Smithsonian Report. 1937.— Kempton 



A NORMAL CORN PLANT SHOWING THE CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF THIS 

 SPECIES THE PRONOUNCED CENTRAL SPIKE OF THE TASSEL AND THE EAR 

 BORNE IN THE AXIL OF THE FIFTH LEAF FROM THE TOP. 



The leaves above the ear have no buds in their axils and the buds in the axils of the leaves below the ear 



are suppressed. 



