GRAMINACEAE 





Maydeae 



Zea mays 



Staminate and pistillate spikelets 



2. Spikelets in one-sided spikes 



3. Spikelets in pairs (one sessile, the other stalked) 







Andropogoneae 

 Andropogon fun 

 tir of spikelets and open 



4. Spikelets on a zig-zag axis 



MAYK1 \i 



1. Staminate .and pistillate spikelet in difl 



ears 



2. Staminate and pistillate spikelets in the sai 



enclosed by a bead-like involucre 





