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Panicum antidotale Retz. 
A tall, coarse, glabrous perennial of northern India, with long, narrow leaves and 
contracted panicles, in general appearance resembling Guinea-grass. Common 
all over the plains, in hedges and among bushes. Of doubtful value as a fodder 
plant, being grazed only when quite young. Regarded as injurious to stock 
when eaten green. The smoke of this grass has a reputed value for fumigating 
wounds and as a disinfectant in maip In Madras, India, it is used medici- 
nally in throat affections. (Duthie.) 
Panicum barbinođe. (See Panicum molle.) 
Panicum capillare Linn. Old Witch-grass; Fool-hay. 
An annual, with usually coarse, branching stems, 1 to 3 feet long, hairy leaf sheaths, 
and widely spreading panicles. Grows in cultivated grounds, where it often 
becomes a somewhat troublesome weed. Being an annual, however, it is easily 
eradicated. Possesses no value for fodder. 
Panicum ċiliatissimum Buckl. Indian Wheat. 
A more or less extensively creeping perennial, with short! 
stems, 6 to 18 inches high. The panicles are narrow and few- flowered, and in 
the prostrate forms usually partly included within the leaf sheaths. This grass 
those of Bermuda-grass, but the leaves are usually more crowded and broader 
in proportion to their length. 
Panicum colonum Linn. Shama Millet; Wild or Jungle Rice. 
A native of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the Old World. In 
northern India it is considered one of the best fodder grasses. Introduced into 
the Southern and Southwestern States, where it is occasionally found in waste 
grounds about dwellings. It is elosely related to Panicum crus-galli, differing 
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and leaves are tender and readily eaten by stock, and in India the grain, which 
is produced abundantly, is sold in the markets and used for food 
anicum crus-galli Linn. Barn-grass; Barnyard-grass; Barnyard-millet; one 
foot; Water-grass; Large Crowfoot-grass; An-kee (American Indian). (Fig. 61.) 
This well-known annual of rank growth is common in rich, cultivated e espe- 
cially around dwellings. There are several forms presented by this species. 
That growing as a weed around barnyards and dwellings, in a oes grounds 
region, springing up after the summer rains in all swampy places or lowlands. 
It grows to the height of 6 or 7 feet, and its seeds, which it produces abundantly, 
ah ee by the Mohave Indians, ground into flour, and cooked for food. 
f India also use the grain for food. A variety introduced from 
J apan has been cultivated at some of » P stations and treated as a 
millet. Atthe Hatch Experiment Stati , the erop produced 
was very uniform, av eraging 7 feet in height. The yield was at the rate ef 
seed. When sown for silage 
the aere, the yield was at the 
was removed, yielded 12 tons per aere. It is very much liked by stock, and is a 
valuable forage plant for feeding green or for the silo. It is not so well adapted 
for hay, as it is a coarse, succulent grass, and rather difficult to dry. 
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