Bui. 1386, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
Plate XII 
Fertile Spikelets of Three Varieties of Sorgo. — II 
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A, Honey (Sugar Plant No. 0241466); elliptic and obovate-elliptic spikelets; pubescence 
semideciduous: awn somewhat loosely twisted; caryopsis not extending as far as the 
glumes. B, Planter (Sugar Plant No. 01810) ; ovate-elliptic spikelets; pubescence more 
persistent except where the glumes are considerably indurate; caryopsis extending as far 
as the apices of the glumes. C, Silvertop (Sugar Plant No. 021618-23); elliptic-ovate and 
ovate spikelets; pubescence semideciduous except on the callus, where the hairs are 
somewhat longer and more persistent; caryopsis extending beyond the apices of the 
glumes 
