568 MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. Coix. 



less. Corol; glume awnless. Female calyx; glume two-, 

 valved. Corol; glume two-valved. Style single, filiform. 

 Seed immersed in an oblong receptacle. 



Z. mays. Willd. iv. 200. 



Mays, Maize, or Indian corn. 



Teling. Moka, Joona. 



Beng, Bboota or Mwkka. 



Cultivated in various parts of India in gardens, and only 

 as a delicacy ; but not any where on the continent of India 

 no far as I can learn, as an extensive crop. 



COIX. Schreb. gen. N. 1405. 

 Male flowers for the most part on a separate spike. Calyx 

 two-valved, two-flowered, awnless. Corol, glume awnless. 

 Female flowers for the most part solitary. Calyx or involu- 

 cre one-valved, one-flowered, valve becoming an ossified 

 shining covering for the seed. Corol various; glumes awn- 

 less. 



1. C. lacryma. Willd. iv. 202. 



Leaves at the base cordate; /?erfice/s naked, not jointed. 

 Male spikes nodding ; flowers paired. Calyces smooth, ovate. 



Lithagrostis lacryma Jobi. Gcert. Sem. i. 7. t, 1. 



Cafre or Catri Conda. Rkeed. Mai. xii. t. 70. 



Lachryma Jobi Indica. Rumph. Amb. v. t. Ib.f, 2. 



Beng. Gurgur or Kauch. 



I have only found this plant in Bengal ; what Dr. Konig 

 and I took for it on the coast, is evidently another species 

 which I now call C. Barbata. It is common on the rice 

 grounds and in ditches, and grows to the height of from four 

 to six feet. 



Culms annual, ramous, smooth, emitting roots from the low- 

 er joints. Leaves sheathing, from four to eighteen inches long, 

 and from one to two broad ; the broadest part near the base, 



