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Fjg. li^. CH:,2ET0CHL0A ITALICA ( L. iSeribn. r. S. Dept, Agr.Div. AgroP.Bul. 

 4 : 39. 1897. (Panicam itaUcum L. Sp. PI. 56. 17-53; Setaria italuaBeauv. Agrost. 

 51. 1812.) MILLET or HUNGARIAN GRASS.— A stout, erect, somewhat glau- 

 cou.s annual 10-24 dm. (3°-8°) high, with broad leaves and large, dense, com- 

 pound, spiciform panicles 8-20 cm. (3'-8') in length. Nodes bearded, with short 

 appres-sed hairs; leaf blades lanceolate, narrowed at the base, long-acuminate, 

 2-4 dm. (8'-l€') long, 1.-5-3 cm. (i'-lD wide, scabrous. Panicles dense, cylin- 

 drical 2-3 cm. (I'-l^') in diameter; rachis densely villous: sette 1 to 3, green or 

 purplish, antrorsely scabrous. Spikelets {a,b) elliptical, strongly convex. 2.5-3 

 mm. (U"-li") long, obtuse; second and third glumes about equaling the flow- 

 ering glume, 5 to 7 nerved; flowering glume (c) glossy, nearly smooth.— Widely 

 cultivated and often an escape in fields and waste places: very variable. Que- 

 bec to Minnesota, south to Florida and Texas. Native of Europe and Asia. 

 July to September. 



Invar, germanica (Mill.; Scribn. I.e. the plant is much smaller, 3-9 dm. 

 (l°-3^) high, with narrower panicles, about 1 cm. (V) in diameter, and long, 

 usually purple seta, some forms approaching Cliietochloa viridis. 



A very valuable forage and .soiling plant, widely cultivated in most parts of 

 the world. 



