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Fig. 63. PANTCUM COLONUM L. Syst. Nat., ed. lU, 870. 1759. JUNGLE RICE 

 or SHAM A MILLET.— An erect or ascending, more or less branching annual 3-6 

 dm. (10-2°) high, with flat leaves, and five to ten densely flowered, one-sided 

 spikes, 1-8 em. {i'-Z') long, racemose along the main axis. Spikelets (o, b, c) 

 about 3 mm. (1^") long with pubescent, acute or mucronate-pointed second 

 and third glumes.— Ditches and low ground, southeastern Virginia and Ten- 

 nessee to Florida, Texas, and southern California. (Widely distributed in 

 tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World.) June to October. 



The tender stems and leaves of Jungle Rice are readily eaten by stock, and 

 in India the grain, which is produced abundantly, is an article of commerce, 

 and is used for food. 



