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side shoots elongated (Fig. 11) the foliage retained the 

 promise of the earlier condition (Fig. 10), the shoots 

 bearing leaves distinctly larger and more crinkled than 

 the other plants of Class II, but of the same form. 



2. Mature Plant. — Five strong side shoots, 1.1-1.3 m. 

 high, (Fig. 12) developed from the mutilated rosette. 

 Their stems were green above, reddish below, the 

 papillate glands following the coloration of the stem, 

 i. e., they were green (uncolored) on the ovaries and 

 younger portions of the stem as in Class II, and not red 

 as in my cultures of Lamarckiana. The basal leaves, 

 about 23 cm. long, were broadly elliptical and strongly 

 crinkled, the margins scarcely toothed except at the base; 



