STALKS OF CHALCO TEOSINTE 



The sheath has been removed from the specimen on the left to expose the spikes It "i ay be 

 seen that the lowest inflorescence is borne at the very base of the branch '"the axil ot the pro^ 

 phvllum. While this is a universal characteristic of teosinte, it is only in the region ot Lhalco 

 that maize also produces an inflorescence in the axil of the prophyllum. (Hg. ^.) 



