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Fig. 44. PANICUM TEXANUM Buekl. Prcl. Rept. Geol. and Agric. Sur\. 

 Texas, 3. 186G. TEXAS MILLET or COLORADO GRASS.— A branching, leafy 

 annual 6-12 dm. (•2°-4°) high, with flat, scabrous leaves and narrow panicles 

 15-20 cm. (G'-8') long. Panicles Avith five to ten erect, rather slender, closely 

 flowered branches, 1..5-8 cm. (f-S') long. Spikelets {a,b) single or in pairs, 

 alternate along the angular rachis, oblong, acute 4-5 mm. (2"-2i") long; first 

 glume 5-nerved, one-half to two-thirds as long as the spikelet; second and 

 third glumes 5 to 7 nerved, pubescent exceeding the transversely wrinkled 

 and obtuse fourth or flowering glume (ri.— Texas, especially along the Colo- 

 rado River bottoms, September. 



A valuable, nutritious grass of rapid growth, and upon good soil yields a 

 large amount of excellent hay. It reseeds itself readily and may be cut twice 

 or three times during the season. 



