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B. Juice scanty, slightly sweet to subacid. 



1. Internodes short; sheaths strongly overlapping; 



leaves 12-15 ; peduncles erect ; panicles cyhn- 

 drieal; spikelets obovate, 3-4 mm. wide; 

 lemmas awnless. II. Kafir. 



2. Internodes medium; sheaths scarcely overlapping; 



leaves 8-11 ; peduncles mostly inohned, often 

 recurved ; panicles ovate ; spikelets broadly 

 obovate, 4.5-6 mm. wide ; lemmas awned. 



VII. Mile. 

 II. Pith dry. 



A. Panicle lax, 2.5-7 dm. long; peduncles erect; spikelets 



elUptic-oval or obovate, 2.5-3.5 mm. wide; 

 lemmas awned. 



1. Panicle 4-7 dm. long ; rachis less than one-flfth as 



long as the panicle. 

 a. Panicle umbelliform, the branches greatly elon- 

 gated, the tips drooping ; seeds reddish, in- 

 cluded. III. Broom-corn. 



2. Panicle 2.5^ dm. long ; rachis more than two- 



thirds as long as the panicle. 



a. Panicle conical, the branches strongly drooping; 



glumes at maturity spreading and involute ; seeds 

 white, brown, or somewhat buff. IV. Shallu. 



b. Panicle oval or obovate, the branches spreading; 



glumes at maturity appressed', not involute; 

 seeds white, brown, or reddish. V. Kowhang. 



B. Panicle compact, 1-2.5 dm. long ; peduncles erect or 



recurved ; rhaehis more than two-thirds as long 

 as the panicle. 



1. Spikelets elliptic-oval or obovate, 2.5-3.5 mm. wide; 



lemmas awned. V. Kowhang. 



2. Spikelets broadly obovate, 4.5-6 mm. wide. 



o. Glumes gray or greenish, not wrinkled; densely 

 pubescent ; lemmas awned or awnless ; seeds 

 strongly flattened. VI. Durra. 



b. Glumes deep brown or black, transversely 

 wrinkled ; thinly pubescent ; lemmas awned ; 

 seeds slightly flattened. VII. Milo. 



