No. 33.] Pealgct s 
ZHA * AMYLACEA, THE Sorr Corns. 
An agricultural species which is characterized by the starchy ap- 
pearance of the split kernel, no corneous matter being present. 
Race A. Ear stalk medium or largish ; ear cylindrical ; kernel 
broader than deep, rounded. ' | 
* Cob, white. 
1. Rep River. From Manitoba. Ears three to five and one- 
half inches long, and about one and one-quarter inches in diameter ; 
ear not rounded at butt; nor filling at tip; strictly 8-rowed; kernel 
much rounded, thick, not indented ; color, white; plant three and 
one-half feet tall, bearing its ears about one-quarter inch from the 
ground; early. 
This is probably Zea Mays, var. preecox, Nutt, or Early Mandan. 
2. Squaw. Synonym — Mandan, Vaughan. Ears six to nine 
. inches long, and about one and three-eighths inches in diameter, of 
cylindrical type, yet often appearing to taper from crowded kernels ; 
not rounded at butt, nor filled at tip; 8-rowed; kernels of various 
colors on same ear, such as white, blue, purple, reddish, yellow, etc.; 
plant four to five feet tall, bearing its ears two to three inches above 
the ground. 
The ears are often irregularly rowed, and many ears poorly 
formed, but the plant is early and exceedingly prolific; the variety 
seems to have been described by Salisbury, in 1848, as a flint, much 
grown by the Indians of Michigan, with white kernels and white 
cob. Vaughan writes me that itis the Squaw of Michigan, and in 
his seed catalogue says it is originally from the Upper Missouri in 
Dakotah. 
3. Omana. Synonym— LWVebraska Black. Ears eight to nine 
inches long, and one and one-half to one and three-quarters inches in 
diameter; 8-rowed, with a tendency toward ten rows at butt, the 
rows close and not open as in Tuscarora; kernel large; the color is 
various, some ears blue, others slate black, others white, other red, 
ete. 
4, Zont Purpre-Sporrep, F. H. Cushing, Zuni Indians. Ears 
six to seven inches long, and about one and one-half inches in 
diameter. Har cylindrical in upper two-thirds, often tapering in the 
lower portion to the unfilled tip; ten to 12-rowed; kernel often in- 
dented ; color, a white ground with purplish specks, but much mix- 
ture of colored kernels; plant five feet tall, bearing its ears about 
eighteen inches from the ground; many ears of other types in the 
crop. 
3 a Cob, red: 
5. Tuscarora. Synonyms, Zea erythrolepsis, Bonarous. Ears 
eight to ten inches long, and one and three-quarters to two inches in 
diameter, of cylindrical type, but usually tapering through the open- 
ness between the pairs of rows toward the butt; 8-rowed; kernels 
very large, creamy white, frequently creased at the summit; plan: 
six to seven feet tall, and bearing its ears eighteen to twenty-four 
inches from the ground. | 
This variety was brought to New York by the Tuscarora Indians 
in 1712, when they emigrated from North Carolina, and it is sup- 
