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Coix (an old Greek name). Gramineae. Tall, broad- leaved, branched grasses with bead-like inflorescence, one of them grown in gardens.
Plant loose-growing: at the end of each peduncle is an indurated, globular, or oval, hollow bead, developed from a lf.-sheath; from an orifice at the tip projects the staminate spike: pistillate fls. inclosed in the bead, the styles projecting.—Species about 3, E. Indies, the following widely distributed in all tropical countries.
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