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small, angular, and does not have the appearance of the 

 typical corn starch granule. Sweet corns may be regarded 



Fig. 67. — Teosinte (Euchlaena mexicana). (,After Collins and Kempton in 

 Journal of Heredity.) 



as dent, flint, and pop corns that have lost the power to 

 mature starch normally. 



Origin of Maize. — Although maize or Indian corn has been 



