. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. GRASSES GRASSES 367. 1. Zea (Latin name for spelt). A genus of gi-asses represented by a single American species known only in cultivation. F'lowers 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 wh
. Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada. Agriculture -- Canada; Agriculture -- United States; Farm produce -- Canada; Farm produce -- United States. GRASSES GRASSES 367. 1. Zea (Latin name for spelt). A genus of gi-asses represented by a single American species known only in cultivation. F'lowers 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 styles project from the tip of the ear and form the silk. Mays, Linn. Indian Corn. Maize. (Fig. 515.) A well-known, large, annual grass with broad leaves, extensively cultivated for Fig. 515. Indian corn (Zea Mays). A, Pistillate spike- let, opeiietl, with seeoiiil glume cut offto show lemma (fioweriiigelume), 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 ^s. 5i6. America where it has been cultivated longest, gested that it may have originated from Euchlcena Mexicana, which it much resembles in habit, but 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. Mexicana, Schrad. {Reana luxurians, Dur.). Teo-
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