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Hayes and Garber - Cucurbit Breeding

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174 BREEDING CROP PLANTS<br />

branching upright stem <strong>and</strong> a tap root with numerous lateral<br />

branches. The leaves are alternate, 3 to 6 in. long, slightly less<br />

FIG. 40. Upper left, flower of Upl<strong>and</strong> cotton, from below, with bracts<br />

removed showing the arrangement of calyx lobes, petals <strong>and</strong> nectaries; at<br />

right, petals; lower left flower of cotton with one bract removed showing spirally<br />

arranged stamens <strong>and</strong> stigma. (After Cook.)<br />

in breadth, the lower ones being heart shaped, the upper more<br />

or less three- or five-lobed. The flowers are large <strong>and</strong> showy.<br />

The fruit develops into a pointed egg-shaped body about the

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