GRAMINEAE (GRASS FAMILY) 31 
The Indians of Arizona and Southern California use the seed of 
this grass for food; cattle are very fond of it when green and suc- 
culent; and in some parts of the country, 
particularly in the flooded river-bottom 
lands of the Southwest, it yields heavy vol- 
unteer crops of hay. But generally it is 
considered a weed. Its seed is nearly 
always found with that of other grasses 
and of clover. (Fig. 8.) 
Culms stout, smooth, two to five feet 
tall. Sheaths compressed, smooth; blades 
six inches to nearly two feet long, a half- 
inch to an inch wide, smooth, with a 
strong central nerve and margins some- 
what rough. Panicle large, four inches 
to a foot or more long, variable, composed 
of numerous sessile branches, erect or 
spreading, or the lower ones reflexed. 
Spikelets one-seeded, nearly sessile, ovate, 
in three or four irregular, densely crowded 
rows on one side of the rachis, varying in 
color from deep purple to pale green, some- 
times long-awned, but often without 
awns, the glumes unequal, sharp-pointed, 
and bristly-hairy. Seeds about an eighth ye. 8, — Barnyard 
of an inch long, pointed ovoid, plump. ~ oe erus- 
gallt). i. 
Means of control 
Cutting so frequently that no seed can mature. In cultivated 
ground the weed is easily kept in subjection by hoe-cutting while 
small. 
YELLOW FOXTAIL GRASS 
Setdria glatica, Beauv. 
Other English names: Pigeon Grass, Pussy Grass, Summer Grass, 
Wild Millet. 
Introduced. Annual. Propagates by seeds. 
Time of bloom: July to September. 
Seed-time: August to October. 
