Zea. MONOECIA TRIANDRIA, 567 
finger, every part most closely set with stamens and most 
tine white filaments. Spathes of the male ament, three or 
more, one, the largest, inserted at its base, a second and small- 
er a little above the middle, and a third still smaller near the 
apex, and generally two very small ones at the apex ; they 
all drop off soon after the flowers expand. Calyx perianth 
proper. The filaments that are intermixed with the stamen 
are so minute that I cannot assign any number to any num- 
ber of filaments, their extremities are from two to three-cleft. 
Corol none. Filaments exceedingly numerous, short, sim- 
ple, from two to three-cleft, inserted without order. Anthers 
one to each single filament or sub-division, linear, yellow, 
with green tops, which makes the ament look green, cadu- 
cous, leaving a naked withered receptacle. Female ament 
about as long and as thick as the male. Spathe of the fe- 
male ament single, leaf-like, its sheath is so long as to involve 
both aments. Calyx permanent, and consisting of most fine 
capillary filaments. Piséi/ as in the family. Seed oblong, 
they are carried about with the wind like the seeds of the 
thistle by means of the permanent downy filiform calyx ; but 
there are many clubbed bodies intermixed with the female 
flowers, these also have a calyx or involucre of the finest fi- 
laments like that of the female flowers. Elephants are fond 
of it ; the leaves are used for thatch, by the natives, 
tg seaneanifoti. Willd. iv. 
Leaves semi-cylindric, acute, the length of the scape. 
Male and female aments rather remote. 
T. minor. Curt. Flor. Lond. t. 169. 
Beng. Kam Hogla. 
Found in similar places with the former; flowering time 
also the same, but this is a smaller and anil rarer plant. 
GEA. Schreb. gen. N. 1403. 2 
Male in distinct spikes, Calyx ; glume two-flowered, awn- 
