STAMINATE AND PISTILLATE INFLORESCENCES OF THE DURANGO TEOSINTE 



The staminate inflorescence, shown above at the right, is not unlike a corn tassel, but there is 

 little about the pistillate spike (left) to suggest an ear. Nevertheless, it is thought that the 

 annual forms of teosinte (of which the Durango is one) may have originated as hybrids between 

 the primitive, perennial teosinte and maize or Indian corn. (Fig. 1.) 



