GRAMINEAE 389 



3. S. VULGARE, Pers. Panicle erect, somewhat contracted; glumes 

 of the fertile spikelets pubescent. 



COMMON SORGHUM. Indian Millet. 



Annual. Culm 5 to 9 feet high ; nodes pubescent. Leaves 9 to 18 inches long.~ 

 ranide 6 to 12 inches in length. 

 Hob. Gardens. Nat. of India. Fl. Aug. Fr. Octe. 



Obs. This is sometimes cultivated ; fewt rather as a curiosity, 

 than for any important object. There is a variety (bicolor,) called 

 Chocolate Corn, with a spreading panitdt, and glumes smoothish, 

 with fringed margin, which has also been cultivated, and the 

 grains used as a poor substitute for coffee. 



4. S. clsRNUCM, Willd. Panicle densely contracted, oval, mostly 

 rigidly recurved or nodding; glumes villous, fringed. 

 DROOPING SORGHUM. Guinea-Corn. 



Annual. Culm, 5 to 8 feet high; lower nodes emitting verticillate radicles. 

 Leaves 12 to 18 inches long. Panide 4 to 6 inches long ; florets villous, fringed } 

 scarcely awned. 

 Hob. Fields, and Gardens. Nat of India. -Fl. Aug. Fr. Octo. 



Obs. Occasionally cultivated, as food for poultry ; but more as a 

 curiosity. I sometimes observe a very similar plant, in the gardens, 

 with the dense oval panicle erect, perhaps only a variety. 



