200 SEPTAEIA. 



This grass lias long been cultivated in this country, 

 but has often been confounded with other varieties. 

 Common millet, p. millaceum, grows in a panicle,, 

 and has something the appearance of dwarf broom 

 corn. It grows about three feet high, and has a dense 

 mass of leaves and stalks, furnishing a large amount 

 ot forage for cattle. It bears a good crop of seed, but 

 as this does not ripen together, it is more valuable 

 as a fodder crop. It is generally conceded that it re- 

 quires a dry, rich soil, with any fertilizer, and may 

 be sown any time in the spring, from the middle of 

 April to the end of June. If for fodder, broadcast, 

 at the rate of one to one rnd a half bushels of seed 

 per acre. If sown in drills, twelve quarts will be 

 be sufficient. It is necessary to have the land smooth, 

 and cover evenly, not too deep,, and roll afterwards. 

 Harvest when the seed is swelling, and cure same as 

 Timothy. The seeds weigh 40 Ibs. to the bushel. 



61. SETARIA Beauv. BRISTLY FOXTAIL GRASS, 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Spikelets altogether as in Panicum proper, and 

 awnless, but with the short peduncles produced be- 

 yond them into solitary or clustered bristles resem- 

 bling awns, but not iormittg an involucre ; inflores. 

 cence a dense spiked panicle, or apparently a 

 cylindrical spike. Annuals, in cultivated or manured 

 grounds, with linear or lanceolate flat leaves, prop- 

 erly to be regarded as merely a sub-genus of Pan- 

 icum. 



Name from seta, a brittle. 



1. S. Verticillata (The Bristly Foxtail). 



