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brown. O Waste places, introduced or escaped from cultiva- 

 tion, Northeastern States and occa- 

 sional in other parts of the United 

 States (fig. 1498); temperate parts 

 of the Old World. Broomcorn 

 millet is cultivated in the cooler 

 parts of the United States to a 

 limited extent for forage and occa- 

 sionally the seed is used for feed for 

 hogs, hence it is sometimes known 

 as hog millet. Also called proso. 

 Commonly cultivated in Europe 

 and western Asia. 



FIGURE 1496. Panicum stramineum. Two views a riiflfiic;i Porwnrnola* milrna efiflF 



of spikeiet, and floret, x io. (Type.) rerenmaJs , culms sun, 



mostly tufted; sheaths mostly 



hirsute; ligules membranaceous, ciliate; spikelets pointed, 7- to 

 9-nerved, glabrous; fruit smooth and shining. 

 131. Panicum capil- 

 larioides Vasey. (Fig. 

 1499.) Culms erect or 

 ascending from a knot- 



FIGUEE 1498. Distribution of 

 Panicum miliaceum. 



ted crown, 30 to 55 cm 

 tall, appressed-pubes- 

 cent or glabrate, the 



nodes densely ascending- FIGURE 149?. Panicum miliaceum. Two views of spikeiet, and 



pubescent;bladesrather floret ' xl0 ' (Griffltb ^ India '> 



stiff, 10 to 30 cm long, 2 to 10 mm wide, 

 flat, harshly papillose-pubescent; panicle 

 diffuse, few-flowered, 10 to 20 cm long, the 

 capillary branches 

 stiffly spreading at 

 maturity; spikelets 

 5 to 6 cm long, 

 lanceolate, long- 

 acuminate, fruit 

 1 .6 to 1 .8 mm long. 

 91 Prairies and \f'/| 

 plains, Texas and 

 northern Mexico. 



Panicum bergli FIGURE 1500. PanicumjUipe*. 



Arech. Tufted, jYl^yptf kelet ' and fl ret ' 



with numerous 



leaves clustered at base; sheaths hispid; 



FIGURE 1499. Panicum capillarioides 111- i i Try jj i j 



TWO views of spikeiet, and floret, blades involute; panicle very diffuse, a third 



x 10. (Type.) or more t k e entire height of the plant, the 



lower branches verticillate, conspicuously pilose in the axils; spikelets 



