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2. (38). ZeaL. Sp. PI. 071 (17on). Indian oorx. Corv. 

 Maizk. 



Spikelcts unisexual, moud'cious. tlie stiiminato in pairs on alter- 

 iiate si ties of the spikes of a ternunal panicle. '-J-tlowered ; the pis- 

 tillate borne on the large dense axillary sjjikes ('• the cob"), each 

 enclosed by an ample involucre ("the husk"), lougitudiual rows 



Fig, 1. — EucfUcena Mexicnmi. A, portion of the staminate panicle, x 1; 6j 

 pistillate Horet, x 3. (Richardson.) 



4-40, 1-flowered. Sfaminate spikelets slightly unequal, pedicel- 

 late, or one sessile. Glumes 4-5, acute, the 2 outer larger, mem- 

 branous, empty, the 2 inner, the floral and the palea hyaline. 

 Stamens 3. Pistil rudimentary or 0. Pisfillafe spikelets sessile, 

 densely imbricated in longitudinal rows, the rachis hard or slightly 

 spongy, not articulate. (Jlumes 4, all membranous, hyaline, or 



