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in man and flesh-eating animals. If the seeds are malted TA 1 s ale 
causes intoxication very suddenly. It is contended by some that perfectly 
healthy Darnel seeds are innocuous—that only grains s witch a are ARGA d 
otherwise diseased are injurious. 
Lygeum spartum Linn. Sennoc; Albardine; Esparto-grass (in part). 
A a upright 3 with creeping rhizomes and stiff, rush-like leaves. It is 
ommon on the high, rocky plains of southern Spain and Algeria, and, with 
dipa iui tid. furnishes the esparto of commerce, used in paper making ete. 
Manisuris granularis Swz. Lizard-tail-grass. 
A much-branched annual grass, 1 to 4 feet high, with flat leaves and numerous 
slender spikes'in irregular, leafy panicles. A weed in all tropical countries, 
extending into the warmer parts of the S States. 
Fig. 53.—Perennial Rye-grass. FIG. ^ PEKEE (Lolium 
(Lolium perenne.) lentum.) 
Melinis glutinosa. (See Melinis minutiflora.) 
Melinis ee Beauv. amc eit or Fat-grass. 
central Brasil, i i e de 
regarded a mon excellent grass for deity. cows, and deserves a í in th 
thern a rnia. The Brazilian names for this 
grass are“ enin mellado” and “Capim gordura.” The English names given 
above are translations of these. This species occurs also in Ascension, Natal, 
and Madagascar 
Milium effusum Linn. Wild Millet; Millet-grass; White-topped Millet-grass. 
d spreading 
A pale-green perennial grass, 2 to 5 feet high, with broad, flat leaves an 1 
panicles. This is eme pie cg damp woods and moun mountain meadows of the 
