Bui. 971, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



PLATE VI. 



An Intermediate Ramose Ear from the Second Generation of a 

 Ramosa-Gordo Maize Hybrid. 



There is a gradual loss in the number of rows of spikelets from the base to the tip. The 

 branches on this ear have eight rows of spikelets. (Natural size.) 



