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An Intermediate Ramose Ear from the Second Generation of a 
Ramosa-Gordo Maize Hybrid. 
There is a gradual loss in the number of rows of spikelets from the base to the tip. The 
branches on this ear have eight rows of spikelets. (Natural size.) 
