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MONOECIA. TRIAND. 1654— 1656. 



Mays. 

 Curavuai 



1654. ZEA. Male. Calyx a 2 flowered glume, avri- 

 leis : corol a 2 valued glume, awntefs. 



Fein. Calxx i 1 -flowered glume; corol a 2-vaIved 

 glurin : jtf>7* i, peodulous filiform : feeds iolitary, 

 HTirrn rfed in an oblong receptacle. 



Leaves very entire. Maize. Indian corn. 



America. Knipb. or'ig. 3. tab. 99. Black-~a>. t. 547. a. b* 



Leaves ferrate. 



Chili. Molin. htft. cbil.p. 1 07. 



1655. TRIPSACUM. Male. Calyx a 4 flowered 

 glume : corol a membranaceous glume. 



Fern. Calyx a glume with-. perforated finufes : corol 

 a 2-valved glume : fiyles 1 : feed 1. 



Jactyhides. 5p i k es a n drogy nou s . 



Virginia. Mil illuft. Morikfe&i 8. /. 3./ 11. 



bbrmephro- 



,Mtu?n' 



Flagellum. 



mitis, 

 iithfypgrma, 



Jiliformis. 

 Mrtelh* 



Spikes hermaphrodite. 



Jamaica. Linn. dec. 17. tab. 9. 



1656. SCI.FRlA. Male. Calyx, glume 2-6-valvedi 

 many -flowered, awnlefs: corol, glumes awnlefs 

 filaments 1-3. 



Fern. Calyx, glume 2-6-valved, 1 -flowered, awnlefs : 

 corol c; Jligmata 1-3 : ##/ bony, coloured. 



Culm 3 fided, climbing, very rugged: leaves prickly back- 

 wards ^-ways : flowers panicled ; Abaft villous. 

 Jamaic'a, Africa. Sloan Jam 1. 11%. tab. 77./. 1. 



Culm 3-fided, climbing, fmooth : leaves fmooth : flowers 

 panic «.d, (haft glabrous 

 Jamaica, Surinam. Act Holm 1765. 145. /. 5. 



Culm 3-fided, fomewhat rugged-, creel : leaves ftiff, linear^ 

 frigged on the edge . flowers panicled ; fhaft rough. 

 Eaft Indies. Rheed. Mai. 12. /. 48. Moris. 8. /. 11./. 16. 



Culm fimple, filiform, fmooth : leaves tabulate : fpikes 

 nearly fimple : florets fmooth, with a filiform leafet 

 under them. 



Weft Indies. S-xvartz. p"odr. 19. 



Culm fimp'e, filiform, pubefcent : leaves linear : fpike 

 fimple : florets rough-haired. 

 Jamaica. Swartz, prodr\ 19. 



