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the others being branches of higher order, arising at the base 

 of the primary. The branching decreases from bottom to top. 

 In banner oats {Avena orientalis), the panicle is one- 

 sided. In ordinary panicle or spreading oats (Avena saliva), 



Fig. 45. — A, contracted, one-sided panicle of banner oats (Avena orientalis); 

 B, spreading inflorescence of panicle oats (Avena sativa). 



the branches spread toward all sides (Fig. 45). Four main 

 types of panicle oats have been distinguished at the Svalof 

 Experiment Station, as follows: (i) Panicle stiff and upright, 

 (2) panicle pyramidal, the branches long, slender, and rising 



