. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. ZAUSCHNERIA pubescent or tomentoi trumpet-shaped calyx petals obcordate, spreading: fr. 4-valved, imperfectly 4 - loculed. B. M. 4493. 4:404. P. M. 15: 195. F. 1847-48:241. Gn. 31, p. 29; 31:578. 1849:141. W. M. ZfiA (an old Greek name for some common cere- a
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. ZAUSCHNERIA pubescent or tomentoi trumpet-shaped calyx petals obcordate, spreading: fr. 4-valved, imperfectly 4 - loculed. B. M. 4493. 4:404. P. M. 15: 195. F. 1847-48:241. Gn. 31, p. 29; 31:578. 1849:141. W. M. ZfiA (an old Greek name for some common cere- al, probably spelt). Graminete. As now limited the genus is founded upon the single polymor- phous cultivated species Zea Mays, Maize or Indian Corn (Figs. 2772, 2773), whose origin is unknown but is suspected by some tobeTeosinte {Eii- chlana Mexicana). Most of the evi- dence points to Mexico as the re- gion in which it originated and from which it spread. Under the head of Corn are given the botanical charac- ters of the genus, a classification of subspecies of Zea Mays, and a dis- cussion of Sweet Corn and Pop Corn. A picture of a stam- inate flower is given in connection with the article Grass (Pig. 984, p. 683). Hackel ("The True Grasses ") explains fructification of follows:. ^V^ l\J the fructil TW''' Maize as J WxW "The pistillate y #^ ^P"^^^ (originally H * » by monstrous or / llilt\ teratologieal devel- iJ Jim \ opment!) are grown 2772. Indian Corn â Zea Mays. spongy, continu- ous, club - shaped body(the cob)upon which the 4-11 dou- ble rows (each ses- sile upon a low longitudinal eleva- tion that is limited by a long, shallow furrow on each side) correspond to a single spike of Euchlsena. Grain developed at the expense of the other parts, projecting beyond the thin bracts, which rarely become coriai'.M'us :tii'i inrlose ; Fig. 2773. The staminate flowers m tli, ; Dent or Field Corn (Z. indenlut,,. ,,< Siurt. ).
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