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Fig. 14. — Maize. A spikelet from 

 the tassei cut lengthwise to 

 show its two flowers; the one on 

 the right fully open, the other 

 not yet mature. Sk, stalklet; 

 C, C, outer bracts; D, E, inner 

 bracts of the open flower; G, 

 lodicules, which by swelling 

 have spread apart the bracts; 

 F', F", filaments cut across; F, 

 filament bearing ripe anther 

 (R, A) shedding pollen (P) ; 

 Y, A, j'oung anthers, the left 

 hand one cut to show the pollen. 

 Enlarged. (Original.) 



Fig. 13. — Maize (Zea Mays, Grass Family, Grainiiiecc). A plant in 

 flower. T, the "tassel" (a cluster of flowers ha\-ing stamens but no 

 pistils); S, stalk; L, leaf; E, E, E, the "ears" (clusters of flowers hav- 

 ing pistils but no stamens); N, X, nodes (swollen joints of the stem); 

 B, B, brace roots, which serve as guys helping to hold the stalk up- 

 right; R, earth roots; G, G, surface of ground. About one-twelfth 

 natural size. (Original.) 



