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t):kk, rnd of an ova! shape. Ir i< frpqui^ntly to )<'^ found in tho '.vdoIs of Jamaica. 

 Ai^ riii-rs of the t!T' art- extrinic-ly niiiky, wliicii iin.k is accoiiutc'd poisonous ; it spce.ii!/ 

 bfctiacs, whcii t'-^posci to tue uir, luugli ynJ vistous, and Biaki's.c.vceiicut bird- lime. 



S'cC JiRLAD-NuT. 



P.Ta.K WnpT S'ce Lig^:i;m Vn.E, Bastj,k, . 

 Millet S'le Guinea Cokx, 



MILLET GKASS. MiLHTM. 



Ct. 3, OR. 2. Triandria iligynta. Nat. on. Gramhia, 



So called Uomviiiie, a thousand, because of the multitude of its grains. 



Gln. CHAR Calyx a one-fiowered glume, tivo-va!ved ; valves ovate, acuminate, 

 almost equal ; corolla tvvo-\'aived, less than the calyx; valves ovate, one less; 

 riectarv two-'eaved, leaflets ovate, obtuse, gibbous at the base ; the stamens three 

 filaments, capil.arv, very short, with oblong anthers; the pistil has a roundish 

 germ, two capillary styles, and pencil rform stigmas ; there is no pericarp ; seed 

 single, covered, rouiiaisii. Four species of this genus were discovered in Jamaica 

 by fcwartz. 



1. PUNCTATUM. DOTTED. 



Branches of the pinicle quite simple ; flowers alternate in pairs, directed one way. 

 Culm from one to two feet high, simple, upright, round, jointed, smooth; leaves 

 broadish, entire, striated, even ; sheaths beardless, closed. Pamcie upright, simple; 

 branches alternate, scattered, upright. Florets pubescent, two together, one gene- 

 rally less than the other, on very short pedicels, one shorter than the otiu'r, surrounded 

 at the base with a dusky ring. Ivachis angular, filiform, rough-haired; calycine 

 glumes equal, acuminate, rough-haired on the outside ; corolline glumes smaller, 

 "equal, ovate, the outer more sliortiy awned ; anthers very minute, brown; stjgmas 

 feathered, black purple ; seed oblong, shining. Native of Jamaica in moist meailows. 

 Sw. 



2. COMPRESSrM. COMPRESSED. 



spikes generally in threes ; florets alternate, awnless, pressed close to the 

 rachis; culm joiuted-compressed ill the middle ; peduncles very long. 



This is a perennial grass. 



S. DIGIT.\TUM. FINGERED. 



Spikes digitated, generally in fours, sub-sessile ; florets awnless, pressed close^ 

 directed one way ; leaves cartilaginous-serrate at the edge. 



This is an annual grass, 



4. PANICEOM. PANIC. 



Spikes sub-digitate, alternate, approximating, filiform ; florets directed om" 

 way, awnless, pressed close, three-cornered. 



Millet Reed .ft-e Rf.eo Millet, 



T 1 1 MlNr, 



