146 BOTTLE GRASS. 



and remains green until its seeds mature, and is no 

 doubt valuable for fodder, both green and dry, growing 

 and maturing in about the same time as common millet. 

 From twenty -five to thirty bushels of seed to the acre 

 have been obtained. 



60. SETARIA. 



Spikelets as in the genus Panicum, awnless, with 

 short peduncles or flower-stalks produced beyond 

 them into solitary or clustered bristles, like awns. In- 

 florescence in dense, spiked panicles, or cylindrical 

 spikes. Annuals. 



The BRISTLY FOXTAIL (Setaria verticillata) is a grass 

 sometimes, though rarely, found about farm-houses. It 

 has cylindrical spikes two or three inches long, pale- 

 green, somewhat interrupted with whorled, short clus- 

 ters, bristles single or in pairs, roughened or barbed 

 downwards, short. 



BOTTLE GRASS, sometimes called FOXTAIL (Setaria 

 glauca). This is an annual, with a stem from one to 

 three feet high ; leaves broad, hairy at the base ; sheaths 

 smooth ; ligule bearded ; spike two to three inches long, 

 dense, cylindrical ; bristles six to eleven in a cluster, 

 rough upwards ; perfect flower wrinkled. The spike is 

 of a tawny or dull orange-yellow, when old. Flowers 

 in July. It is common in cultivated grounds and barn- 

 yards. Introduced. 



The GREEN FOXTAIL, sometimes also called BOTTLE 

 GRASS (Setaria viridis), has a cylindrical spike, more or 

 less compound, green ; bristles few in a cluster, longer 

 than the spikelets ; flower perfect, striate lengthwise 

 and dotted. It is common in cultivated grounds. 



The BENGAL GRASS, sometimes called MILLET (Setaria 

 italica), also belongs to this genus. It has a compound 



