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pointed, and five- to six-nerved; the palet is oval, rounded 

 above, pointed, and thin-membranous; lodicules are absent; 

 there are three stamens; the ovary is obovate, smooth, and 

 with two style branches. 



Pollination. — Pearl millet is regularly cross-pollinated. 

 The llowers near the middle of the intlorescence are the first 



Fk;. 79. — Millets, i, Common; 2, Hungarian; 3, Siberian; 4, Cmldcn Win- 

 der; 5, Japanese Barnyard; 6, German; 7, Pearl. 



to open. The stigmas of perfect llowers first appear be- 

 tween the closed glumes, then the stamens, which are in turn 

 followed by the appearance of staminate flowers. 



Mature Grain. — The kernel is 3 to 4 millimeters long, reach- 

 ing the length of the glumes, obovate, somewhat iiattened on 



