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Panicum flavidum Retz. Kangna (India). 
An annual with rigid, erect culms, 1 to 2 feet high. Common throughout the plains 
region of northern India, and generally considered a good fodder grass. It pro- 
duces a large 1 of grain, which is collected and eaten by the poorer 
classes in times of scare 
Panicum frumentaceum Roxb. Shamalo or Deccan grass. 
An annual, 2 to 4 feet high, with rather broad leaves and narrow, ac panicles. 
lonely related to and somewhat resembling Barnyard-grass. is of rapid 
growth, and is largely cultivated in northern India as a o) season crop. 
The seeds are used for food by the poorer people, while the stalks are used as 
fodder for cattle. 
Panicum helopus Trin. Kuri (India). 
A grass of southern Asia, with creeping or ascending branching stems, 1 to 2 feet 
high. Cultivated grounds, ete., in northern India, where it is regarded an 
excellent fodder grass for horses and cattle. This grass resembles P. fascicula- 
Panicum hirtellum. (See Oplismenus setarius.) 
Panicum italicum. (See Setaria italica.) 
Panicum jumentorum Pers. RE St. Mary's-grass. (Fig. 62.) 
This grass was long ago introduced into America, presumably from tropical Africa, 
and has for many years been cultivated in n 88904 South America and the West 
Indies. In these regions it is spoken of as being a splendid pasture grass, grow- 
ing to the height of 12 feet, forming dense tufts. It is readily propagated by 
cuttings of the creeping rootstocks. It has been introduced into some of the 
Gulf States, particularly Florida, where it is highly valued. Few grasses yield 
a larger amount of fodder, and it may be cut as often as once a month during 
the growing season. If allowed to attain its full size it becomes coarse and 
unfit for forage. Its stems are killed by the first frosts of autumn, and it seeds 
only in the warmest parts of the States bordering the Gulf. It is much less 
hardy than Johnson-grass, with which it has been confounded by some, and has 
quite a distinct habit of growth. 
Panicum junceum Nees. 
Rigid, erect, branching grass, 3 to5 feet high, with a rather large, more or less densely 
owered, nodding panicle. This is a native of South America, and in Argentina 
the strong rhizomes are used as a substitute for soap in washing woolen goods. 
Panicum leucopheeum H. B. K. Cotton-grass. 
À variable species 2 distributed throughout the tropical PEP of both 
emispheres. a perennial with slender or stout stems 1 to 3 feet high, 
usually with flat Sade and narrow panicles, the spikelets being densely clothed 
with long silky or cottony hairs, which are white, or sometimes brownish or 
purplish. When abundant this grass yields excellent pasturage. It has been 
found in southern Florida and at other points near ere is a 
^ variety of this species growing in the dry regions of Arizona and New Mexico 
which has more slender stems, that spring from strong woolly and knotted 
rhizomes. Doubtless this form would be a valuable pasture grass for the dry 
or semiarid regions where it is native. 
Panicum maximum. (See P. jumentorum.) 
Panicum miliaceum Linn. Common Millet; Millet; Manitoba Millet; Broom-corn 
Millet; Brown Millet; Japanese Panicle Millet; Dakota Millet; Hog $ 
Russian Millet 
A rather coarse ML attaining a height of 2 to 4 feet, with large, drooping, 
