1. Stigmas 3, simple, revolute. Fruit 1. Seed oblong, 3-sided,

glabrous. Habitat.--Common in Luzon and Panay. Blooms in June and July. GRAMINEÆ. Grass Family. _Zea Mays_, L. Nom. Vulg.--_Maíz_, Sp.; _Maize_, _Corn_, Eng. Uses.--Corn is an extensive article of diet in the Philippines, but has the reputation of being indigestible. This is true when it is eaten in the grain, but in the form of meal it is easily digested and highly nutritious. The tassels have been used in the Philippines from time immemorial in decoction as a diuretic, for which property they received notice in the _Medical World_ of Paris about the year