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ZAUSCHNEKIA 



%-2 ft.: Ivs. lineiir to ovate, 14-1% in. long, glabrous, 

 pubescent or tonitntose: Hs. scarlet or vermilion, tbe 

 trumpet-shaped calyx IJ-a in. long: calyx-lobes ovate; 

 petals obcordate, spreading: fr. 4-valved, imperfectly 

 4-loculed. B. M. 



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the ear are both lart'i-r tlKin the Sweet or Flint Corns. 

 The color of the kt in. N \ ai i. ~. ihc rhief color varieties 

 being white, yellow, ml . -.Ii. .. tin- latter mottled wilh 

 red; red varieties an 1.-- '"Miiimih. but red ears occa- 

 sionally occur in all \ :u i. in-. 



Flint Corn (Z. i,nl,t,ula, .Stuit. |. Kernel with horny 

 endosperm enveloping a starchy or floury portion, this 

 being hard and flinty and with no dent at ape.\. Kars 

 smaller and rows fewer (often K) than 

 n the Dent Corn. Color of kernel white, yellow, red, 

 flue, and variegated. Commonly cultivated through the 

 lorthern portions of our country and in Canada, where 

 hi" seasons are too short for Dent Corn. Has been 

 ,'niwn as far north as ."jO". 

 Soft Corn IZ. .UHv/.i.,,,, Sinrf.l. K.nn-Is without 



2772 Indian Corn 



by a long, shallow furiow on 

 a single spike of Euchl 

 expense of the otln r p ii 

 bracts which i n 1 ' 

 Fig 277) Th 



Dent or Fiel i i 

 bulk of the(.. Ill , i , i i it l,f 



longs to this sul I li I I I \ \ \ fin 



presence of hoiu\ oi (uiulous i I | mi i' n„ the 

 sides of the grain while the st ir In n i | iin \t. mis 

 to the summit In dning the II mm | iti n hunks 

 morethan the hoin\ and this gn i n t ih 1 ui it tin 

 .summit Both the horny and the floui\ poition of 

 the endosperm consist of starcli but the foimer is more 

 compact. The varieties \arj greatly m size of plants 

 and appearance of the ear, but in general the plant and 



spike of Maize 



The origin of Maize is still a mystery. All evidence 

 points to an American nativity, but the original form of 

 the species is not identified. Many persons believe that 

 the wild original will yet he found somewhere from 

 Mexico south. Others suppose that Maize originated 



