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2. Chcetochloa italica moharium. — Heads short, thick, 

 erect, or drooping but very slightly. This group also has two 

 subdivisions: short-bristle and long-bristle varieties. Here 

 belongs Hungarian millet. 



Key to Principal Types of Foxtail Millets (Ciletochloa italica) 1 



Heads small, uniform, compact, seeds yellowish to black with usually a 

 large percentage very dark; beards brown or purple, Hungarian Millet. 

 Heads large, more or less open; seeds more or less bunched. 

 Heads long, slender, very open, lax, drooping; seed groups very distinct, 



Aino Millet. 

 Heads shorter and plumper, bushy, erect or slightly drooping; seed groups 

 indistinct. 

 Seeds yellow. 

 Profusely bearded; medium large heads. 

 Heads large, seeds small, seed groups more distinct, German Millet. 

 Heads small, seeds large, seed groups less distinct, Common Millet. 

 Sparingly bearded; heads very large, Golden Wonder Millet. 

 Seeds red or pink, Siberian Millet. 



Origin of Foxtail Millet. — The stem form of the foxtail 

 millets is Chcetochloa viridis, the green foxtail. It differs 

 from the cultivated forms in that its fruit falls from the 

 inflorescence when mature. Chcetochloa viridis is a native 

 of the Old World. It is now found in waste places in North 

 America from Texas to Quebec. 



ECHINOCHLOA CRUS-GALLI (Barnyard Grass or Barnyard Millet) 



Habit, Stems, Leaves. — This grass is an annual, 2 to 4 feet 

 tall; the culms often branch at the base. The leaves are 3^ to 

 2 feet long, ^ to i inch wide, and have smooth, glabrous 

 sheaths and smooth or scabrous blades. 



Inflorescence, Spikelet, Flowers, and Fruit.— The inflores- 

 cence is a panicle made up of from five to fifteen sessile, erect 

 or ascending branches; the lower branches may be spreading 



^ After Frear. 



