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Figure 24. — An » + i order, cotyledonary lateral branch of a Valencia form. In this 

 form the peanut branching system is reduced to the n order main stem and four 

 n -\- 1 order vegetative branches. Two of these arise from the cotyledonary 

 node and two from the next two main stem nodes. All further n -\- 1 nodes and 

 all n-\-2 nodes bear reproductive branches which terminate this branching 

 system. 



