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(2) ZEA Linn. 
llahit, foliage, stainiaate floreseeiiee and arrangement of the pistillate 
spikes as in the preceeding genus, but the pistillate spikes grown together 
into a spongy, continuous Imdy, the seeds Ijeing bonie in 4 to 11 double 
rows. 
S])ecies 1, witli many cniltural varieties and forms : a native of tropical America 
and now cultivated in most tropical and temperate countries. Corn or Inclian 
Corn. 
(1) Zea mays Linn. Sp. PI. (17.53) 871; Blanco PI. Pilip. ed. 1 (1S37) (ISC); 
ed. 2 (1845) 47(i ; ed. 3, 3 (187D) !»0; Miip PI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 477; P.-Vill. 
Nov. App. (1883) 314; ilerr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. 6 (1904) 28; LTsteri Beitr. 
Kenn. Philip. Veg. (1905) 133. 
Extensively cultivated throughout the Philippines, one of the flivst American 
plants introduced into the Philippines by the Spaniards, several forms and varie- 
ties being cultivated in the Arcliipelago. iS]).-Fil., Alois. 
(3) CHIONACHNE K. Br. 
Cbilni much branched, Ijranches terminated by s] dices that are sub- 
tended by a sheathing leaf. )S]dkes with 1 to 5 pistillate spikelets and 
many staminate spikelets. Similar to Coi.r, Init the fruit capsule is 
formed by the empty glume. 
Species 4, British India to the Malayan Archipelago and Australia,' 1' endemic 
species in the Philippines. 
(1) Chionachne biaurita Hack, in Philip. .Tonrn. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 203. 
Luzon, Province of Bengiiet, Bued lliver (4282 AlerriU) , October, 1905. On 
fresh talus slopes at about 1,000 m. 
Endemic. 
{Chionachne harhata. II. Hr.=roli/1oca harhalu. Stapf, a British Indian and 
.Javan grass, is reported from the Philippines by F.-Villar, Nov. App. (1883), 
314, but the record has never been verified.) 
(4) COIX Linn. 
Culm branched, branches ending in one or two short, ivory-like nearly 
globose, very hard capsules with an opening at the top, and surrounding 
tlie pistillate spikelets, the staminate inflorescence projecting out of the 
oriflees of the capsules. 
Species 3 or 4, southern Asia and Malaya, 1 in the Philippines. Tear Crass 
or .Job’s Tears. 
(1) Coix lachryma-jobi Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 972; Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 7 
(1897) 100; Pilger in Perk. Frag. PI. Philip. (1904) 137; Rendle in Forbes & 
Hemsl. .lourn. Linn. Soc. Bot. 36 ( 1904) 345; Usteri Beitr. Kenn. Philip. Veg. 
(1905) 132. err. typ. Inchrijnuic-iovis.” Coix laehrymu Linn. Syst. ed. 10, 1201; 
Blanco FI. Pilip. ed. 1 (1837) 088; ed. 2 (1845) 478; ed. 3, 3 (1879) 92; Miq. 
PI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 470; Vidal Phan. Cunung. Philip. ( 1885) 157; Rev. PI. 
Vase. F'ilip. (1880) 288; F\-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 314. Coix agrestis Lour.; 
P.-Vill. 1. c. 
Philippines {44iA Cuining) 1830-40. Luzon, Manila (04 I/o-rd/) , Majq 1902 : 
Province of Benguet, Baguio (5701 Elmer) March, 1904; (39, 130 'Topping) 
