404 WEEDS AND USEFUL PLANTS. 
of Millet—the whole ee group are regarded as little better 
than mere weeds ;—though none of them, so far as I know, are particu- 
larly obnoxious or aifficul t to seal by judicious parce ‘Those here 
, are inserted merely as samples of a numerous and somewhat 
variant family. 
29. SETA’RIA, Beauv. Bristiy Fox-rarm Grass. 
[Latin, Seta, a bristle ; from the inyolucre-like bristle of the spikelets.] 
Spikelets as in Panicum, wiviege but tees ba short short eee Lae 
cra them into soli r clustered awns. Inflo- 
a dense “A St poniils or sprkcogt« a “‘lindical pide: Annuals: 
i dutrodus ced fro: rope, and are all naturalized weeds, except the last, 
which is Someaenaie cultivated. 
1. S. glau’ca, Beauv. Spike cylindric, tawny yellow ; bristles 
in a cluster, = ae than the spikelets; pale of the perfec ies 
transversely ru: 
Guavcovus Splat Fox-tail Grass. 
Senge 1. Culm 2-3 feet high, sometimes branching, often several from the sam 
mooth. Leaves 6—120r 15 inches long, somewhat eee cy lance-linear, Hie "5 
aligily so scabrous, with a few long slender hairs at the bas striate, smooth ; 
short, fringed. or beard-like. Spike 2-4 inches long, rather 8 ene and quite cylin- 
drical ; rachis pubescent. Bristles scabrous datanti, becomin why or orange-yellow 
Staminate floret sometimes wholly abortive or neutra 1. Perfect po ee: convex; —the 
palee very firm and traversed by horizontal und 
Cultivated grounds ; stubble fields, ost introduced. Native of India and Continental 
Europe. Fl. August. Fr. September. 
Obs. This usually makes its oS See abundance, among the 
stubble ee a wheat crop, —and is tures, orchards, &c., 
when not kept down by the promotion oot a sai State growth. 
Cattle eo the herbage, if better can be had; and the plant is alto- 
gether worthless,—except that £ poultry ne (epee 7 = fond of 
sith the pie of their seeds, in the latter part of 
. S. vir ses! Beauv. Spike green, sub-cylindrical or pa ee more 
reaper yead bristles spent Sis, , much eb lene ee n the spike- 
lets pales of the pérfect flo te, punctate. 
Green Seraria. Green 7 ” Bottle pcre : 
Root annual. Culm 1-2 or 8 feet t high, branching near the — ee lender. Leaves 
3-6 or § inches long, lance ae flat, somewhat scabrous, minutely serrulate on the 
margin ; sheaths striate th, pilose on the margin ; ligule fringed or beard-like. 
1-3 inches long, rion cope compound fe a Li “a8 enlarged i - the middle, often nearly 
y tner el temp abies notiete ysmall. Paice of the per- 
ly wholly abortive or neutral aipebear very-eniail : i 
fect floret smooth, puncticulate, striate longitudinally, with a slight transverse rugosity” 
pastures, &c.: introduced. Native of Southern orc iors 8 
August. Fr. August-September. 
Obs. This species is also naturalized to a considerable extent, and is | q 
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