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Figure 1696. — Zea mays. Pistillate inflorescence (ear) and 2 branches of staminate inflorescence (tassel), 

 X Yi, pair of pistillate spikelets attached to rachis (cob) with mature grains, the second glume showing, 

 X 2; single pistillate spikelet soon after flowering, X 4; staminate spikelet, X 2. (Cult.) 



