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THE PEANUT— THE UNPREDICTABLE LEGUME 



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COT LA" 



Figure 21. — ^An n-j- 1 order, cotyledonary lateral branch of a Spanish peanut. The 

 n-\-2 vegetative- branches occur , sporadically and the n + 2 reproductive 

 branches arise at the remaining nodes. The upper nodes are all reproductive as 

 are all the nodes of the » + 2 vegetative branches. This is in contrast to the 

 regularly paired situation present in the Virginia variety. As in Valencia, the 

 branching system is determinate, ending with the production oi n + 2 Y which 

 produce n + 3 R ' - •'- 



