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Oryzopsis multiflora Beauv. Many-flowered Millet-grass. 
A perennial, 2 £o 3 or 4 feet high, with a many- and small-flowered nodding panicle, 
6 to 12 inches long. It is a native of central and southern Europe, growing in 
dry, open woods and lina Was introduced into California in 1879, and 
has been cultivated experimentally with varying success at a number of points 
in that State. On the granitic soil of San Diego, Cal., it has grown 3 feet high 
without irrigation, and remained green throughout the year. Horses and cattle 
are said to eat it gree i In Europe it is not regarded as possessing much, if 
any, agricultural value 
Panicum agrostoides Muhl. Panic Bent-grass; Munro-grass; Red-top Panic-grass. 
A native perennial, with branching, leafy stems 2 to 4 feet high, and a panicle 
resembling that of Red-top tor ows in low meadows and alo the banks of 
hay. In low, moist, and rather rich meadows its cultivation would doubtless 
be profitable, and it is certainly deserving of a trial in such locations. 
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Fria. 59.—Munro-grass. (Panicum FIG. 60,—Bitter Panic-grass. (Pan- 
agrostoides.) icum amarum.) 
Panicum amarum Ell. Bitter Panic-grass. (Fig. 60.) 
A grass of the sandy seacoasts, ranging from Connecticut southward to Florida and 
along the Gulf. It has coarse, hard stems, 1 to 5 feet high, and strong, creeping 
rootstocks, making it an excellent sand binder. The islands off the coast of 
