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

 X ^; 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.) 





