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Fig. 402. Chaetochloa magna (Griseb.) Scribn. U. S. Dept. 

 Agr. Div. Agros., Bull. 4:39. 1897. (Setaria magna Griseb.) 

 Giant Millet. — A stout, erect, leafy annual ( ?) 18 to 36 dm. high, 

 mucb branched below, with broad, flat leaves and bristly, densely 

 flowered panicles 15 to 35 cm. long. Spikelets (6) 2 mm. long, with 

 the second glume as long as the smooth fruiting glume. — Low 

 grounds along the coast from southern Maryland and Virginia 

 southward to Florida and westward to Texas. [West Indies and 

 Jiermudas.] July-October. 



