PLATE 8 
Spikes from the second generation of brachytic maize X teosinte. The two spikes 
at the upper right show the gigantic seeds resembling in form Durango teosinte. The 
two spikes in the upper center are the most teosinte like recovered m maize-teosinte 
hybrids and have seeds which resemble in form the seeds of the Florida teosinte parent 
though much smaller in size. The four spikes at the left (2 upper and 2 lower) are 
from a single plant of the F 2 and represent very closely inflorescences typical of F, 
plants. The upper left-hand spike is terminal and shows the “saddle-back” condi¬ 
tion encountered in maize-teosinte crosses. 
The two spikes at the lower right are the most maize like inflorescences found in the 
F 2 of brachytic maize X teosinte. 
