1^4 GRAMIiVE.E 



dunculls I. 2. axillarlbus sub-spicatis, carvopsiJe ni- 

 tlda ovato-globosa magnltndine pisi communis. Post 

 cl; All: nemo inter Botanicos enumeravit banc stir- 

 pem pro europaea; colitur in bortis curiositalis gralia. 



LV. Zea Lin: gen: ed: Scbreb: n. i^oS. = Spr: syst: 

 n. 0,^1. = Lam: ill: t. ^^^- (Monoec: triandr: L., 

 Triandr: tnonog: Spr: ). 



» Flores mouoici. Masc: Panicula racemosa termi- 

 K) Balis. Glumula 2-valvis 2-flora. Perigom 2 - valve 

 » glumulam sub - aequans. Stam: 3. filamentis sub- 

 » eoalitis, antberis distinctls. Foemin: sessiles densis- 

 y> sime in panicula oblonga axillari immersi. Glu- 

 » mula 2-valvis i-flora. Peri^on: 2 - valve ghimula 

 » brevius. Styl: i. longissimus fibformis , stigmate 

 » simplicissimo. Carjops: sub-globosa angulosa spira- 

 » tim in alveob's paniculae semi-immersa. )> 



Ohsi Genus fructificatione et babitu proprio, con- 

 stans I. 2. stirpibus ex j4mer:^ annuis , culmo elato 

 erasso simplici , fobis amplis late lanceolatis integer- 

 rimis vel serratis (in Z. Caragua Molin: ). Undique 

 et abuude cobtur iu regionibus cabdis et temperatis 

 totius orbis Z. 3Iajs = L. h. CbfF: ^^y. omnibus nota, 

 veniens in Pedem: nomine vern: Melia , multimode 

 varians magnitudine, forma et colore seminum a fulvo 

 ad album, tum etiam plus minus praecociori vrgeta- 

 lione et omnium partium njagnitudine^ panicula foe- 

 minea culLura fit etiam semi-pedalis in var: Ostenga 

 dicta (^Z. vulgaris^ ; duplo minor uti tota planta in 

 var: Qiaranfina appellala (Z. projcox). Usus hujusce 

 cerealis valde exlensus maxime penes ruslicos et agri- 



