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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 sativa), 



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 



