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Fia. 4. Coix 1 ay pa with Linn., JOB’S TEARS.—a, A pair of staminate 
spikelets; b, ovary; ¢, pistil, with the ‘rudimentary stamens. 
4 -1, No. 704. 1737; Ed. 6, No. 1043. 1764, ee 
unisexual, moncecious, spicate. ps spikelets in twos or threes 
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joints of the rachis, 1-2-flowered pty glumes slightly unequal, bo or 
he us, inclosing the hyaline flowering glumes and ea. Sti 
tamina' 
es Styles very long. Stigmas distinct, with short, pepiliose- 
: seme icing the pistillate spikelets. Tall, leafy, and much branched 
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