136 GRASSES OF IOWA. 



Elsewhere the statement has been made that the millets are 

 impor ant cereal crops. The more important of these are the 

 Setaria italica and the *S^. germanica. The common foxtail 

 millets grown in the United States are grouped under the fol- 

 lowing standard varieties: 



Fig. 71 O. German millet (Setaria itaUca) , a and b two views of the splkelet with 

 three bristles; c seed. (Dlv. of Agrostology U. S. Dept. of Agrl.) 



(1) Common millet. (2) German millet. (3) Golden wonder 

 millet. All belong to Setaria ItaUca. (4) Hungarian millet 

 belongs to Setaria Oermanica. 



Sorghum mill ts are extensively grown in south Africa, Kan- 

 sas, and Asia. Broom corn millet, Panicummiliaceum, is grown 

 quite extensively as a cereal plant in India and China. The 

 other millets here mentioned are grown chiefly in older Asiatic 

 countries. 



