. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. GRASSES GRASSES 367. 1. Zea (Latin name for spelt). A genus of grasses represented by a single American species known only in cultivation. Flowers monoecious, the staminate borne in large termi- nal panicles (the tassel), and the pistillate borne in the axils of the leaves in several rows on a thickened axis (the cob), and en- closed in several large foliaceous bracts, the whole constituting the ear. The greatly elongated ^SxWtMS \ i ^ty'®^ project from the
. Cyclopedia of farm crops, a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada;. Farm produce; Agriculture. GRASSES GRASSES 367. 1. Zea (Latin name for spelt). A genus of grasses represented by a single American species known only in cultivation. Flowers monoecious, the staminate borne in large termi- nal panicles (the tassel), and the pistillate borne in the axils of the leaves in several rows on a thickened axis (the cob), and en- closed in several large foliaceous bracts, the whole constituting the ear. The greatly elongated ^SxWtMS \ i ^ty'®^ project from the tip of the ear and form the silk. Mays, Linn. Indian Corn. Maize. (Pig. 515.) A well-known, large, annual grass with broad leaves, extensively cultivated for Indiancorn (Zea Mays). A, Pistillate spike- let, opened, with second glume cut off to show lemma (flowering glume), palea and ovary; B, staminate spikelet. forage and grain. The origin of the cultivated varieties of corn is uncertain but must be Ameri- can, and was prob- ably in the tableland of Mexico or Central America where it has been cultivated longest. It has been sug- gested that it may have originated from Euchlmna Mexieana, which it much resembles in habit, Ijut differs from in having the several pistillate spikes united in a compound inflorescence or ear. [See Maize.'] 2. Euchlaena (Greek, eu, well, and ehlaina, mantle, alluding to the large glumes). A genus of grasses represented by a single Mexican species. Flowers monoecious, the staminate in panicled racemes terminating the stalks, the pistillate in jointed spikes fascicled in the leaf axils, each spike more or less enveloped in foliaceous bracts. Zea (Indian corn) differs from this chiefly in having pistillate flowers arranged in several rows on a single axis or " ; The varieties are recognized by some authors as species. Mexieana, Schrad. (Reana luxurians, Dur.). Teo- sjnte. (Pig. 516.) A tall annual with long, broad leaves, resembl
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