MONOECIA TRIANDRIA. 
T R I A N D R I A. 
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846. ZEA Mays Tournef. 303. 304. 305. ' 
*. Mafciil^ in fpicas laxas difpofiti. 
Cal. biflora , bivalvis: m/^uw/fj-ovato-oblongis,. muticis* 
Cqr. Gluma bivalvis: oblongis, muticis; longitudine 
calycis. 
Netlaria duo , compreffa , brevifilma. 
Stam. Filamenta tria, capillaria. Anthem quandrangul^ , qua- 
driloculares, apice dehifcentes. 
Feminei in fpica denfiffima infra mafculos, in eadem plan- 
ta , foliis obtedta. 
Cal. Gluma proprja bivalvis: fquamis fubrotundis, craffis, bre- 
viffimis , exteriore crafliore, 
CoR. bivalvis: membranaceis, latis, breviffimis, perfi- 
ftentibus. 
PisT. Germm minimum, filiformis, omnium longiffimus- 
fimplex, verfus apicem pubefcens. 
Per. nullum. Receptaculum commune maximum , longum , exca- 
vatum, in quo ad dimidiam partem dimerfi fune fmdus, ca- . 
lyce & corolla propria cindli. 
Sem. folitaria (pofi; fingulos flores), fubrotunda, bafi angulata 
compreffa. 
847. COIX Lacryma Job Tournef. 306. ^ ^ 
*. Mafculi in fpicam laxam digefti. 
Cal. Gtaabiflora, bivalvis: oblongo- ovatis, obtufis, 
muticis; exteriore craffiore. 
CoR. bivalvis: valvulae ovato-lanceolatse , longitudine calycis ^ 
tenuiflimse, muties. 
Stam. Filamenta tria, capillaria. Antherce oblonga , quadragonae. 
Feminei pauciores ad bafin fpies mafculse , in eadem 
planta. 
Cal, Gluma blRora.^ bivalvis: valvulis rotundatis y craflis, niti- 
dis , duris ; exteriore majore , nitida. 
Cor. bivalvis: valvula exterior ovditdiy major ;m^morangufl:ior, 
minor ; utraque mutica. 
. PisT. Germen ovatum, minimum. brevis , bipartitus. 
Stigmata duo, corniculata, flore longiora, undique pubef- 
cencia. 
Per. nullum. Gluma exterior calycmam'd:Q^dnai‘ckmy increfeit, 
nitet, decidit, non dehifeit. 
Sem. folitarium, fubrotundum, tedlura. 
Kkk 3 
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