DOES WILD TEOSINTE SOMETIMES HYBRIDIZE WITH CULTIVATED MAIZE? 



On the extreme left is a stalk of maize from Chalco, Mexico, and next to it one of annual teo- 

 sinte from the same region. The covering of hairs on the leaf sheath of the latter is a new character 

 in teosinte, and may have arisen through crossing with the hairy maize v/hich is cultivated m this 

 part of Mexico. 



On the right is a well-developed pistillate inflorescence of Chalco teosmte. The triangular 

 segments are not true seeds, but joints of the rachis in which seeds are embedded. (Fig. 4.) 



