. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 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 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
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. 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 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 )5. Indiancorn (.Zea Mails). A, Pistillate spik e- let, openeil, with second glume cut olf to sliow lemma (Howeringelume). Italea and ovary; B, 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 EuMmna Mcxkana, which it much resembles in habit, but differs from in having the several pistillate spikes united in a compound inflorescence or ear. [See 2. Euchlaena (Greek, cm, well, and chlaina, mantle, alluding to the large glumes). A genus of grasses represented by a single Mexican species. Flowers monacious, 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 luxnrians, Dur.). Teo- sinte. (Fig. 516.) A tall annual with long, broad leaves, resembling Indian corn in habit, native of Mexico and Central America, and cultivated in the southern states for forage. [See
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