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pared with 30.2 for the stunted plants. Although the first bald sucker 
(the lowermost branch of the inflorescence) in the normal plants 
occupies its true position, it is evident that this branch has been 
suppressed in the stunted plants. Consequently, the lowermost flower- 
ing branch appearing upon the stunted plants no longer represents 
the true position of the first bald sucker. More properly, it is one of 
the higher lateral branches of the inflorescence which now appears to 
be the first bald sucker. 
In a second experiment the true as compared with the apparent 
expression of the first bald sucker is even more clearly and strikingly 
shown. 
Second Experiment 
In the first test stunting was brought about by maintaining a very 
dry soil. In the second test, the plants were grown in pots, and 
stunting was brought about by growing one set of plants in very small 
pots containing relatively little soil. 
The plants used for this test were obtained from a single mother 
plant, and are direct descendants through three stunted generations 
of one of the stunted individuals of the preceding test. 
The seed was sown in flats Jan. 7, 191 5. As soon as the plants 
were large enough, they were transplanted from the flats directly to 
8-inch and 4-inch pots respectively, in which they remained throughout 
the experiment. In this test 17 plants were grown in the 8-inch and 
23 plants in the 4-inch pots. Owing to the fact that the plants in the 
smaller pots were very severely stunted, they grew very slowly and 
blossomed about two months later than the plants grown in the larger 
pots. Complete data as to the number of leaves, number of nodes, 
character of the inflorescence, etc., for the two sets of plants are given 
in Table II. 
From the data given in Table II it is evident that the plants were 
stunted much more severely than in the preceding test. From column 
(8) it is shown that the average number of nodes produced, not in- 
cluding the terminal whorl, is the same for both sets of plants, namely 
32.4 for the plants in the large pots, and 32.8 for the smaller plants. 
From column (9) it is also shown that the average number of nodes 
produced, including the branches of the terminal whorl, is the same, 
i. e., 35.8 for the larger plants and 35.6 for the smaller plants. From 
column (7) it is evident that the average number of flower branches 
