212 ZEA, MAIZE. 



encod or careless operators. It will take from seven 

 to ten gallons gallons of green juice to make one of 

 salable syrups. 



A few quarts of seed will be sufficient for an acre 

 in drills as above. 



67. ZEA, MAIZE. Indian Corn. 



GENEEIC CHAEACTEB. 



Spikelets 2-flowered; flowers monoecious, the stam- 

 inate in terminal panicles ; glumes 2 ; pales awnless, 

 obtuse ; the pistillate or fertile spikelets 2-flowered, 

 with the lower one abortive ; glumes 2, obtuse ; pale 

 awnless; fruit compressed. 



For an extended notice of this plant, see page 121. 



