ILIUM EFFUSUM. MlLLET GRASS. 



MILIUM Lin. Gen. PL Triandria Digynia. 



CaL 2-valvis, unifiorus: valvulis fubasqualibus. Corolla breviffima. Stigmata 

 penicilliformia. 



RaiiSyn. Gen. 27. Herb^: graminifoli^: flore imperfectq culmifer^e. 



MILIUM effufum ftaribus paniculatis difperfis muticis. Lin. Syfi. Veget. p. 94. Sp. PL p. 90. FL 

 Susc. n. 61. 



MILIUM paniculis raris, longiffime petiolatis. Haller. Hifi. 1525. 



GRAMEN fy Ivaticum, panicula miliacea fparfa. Bauh. Pin. 8. 



GRAMEN miliaceum. Lob. icon. 3. Ger. emac. 6. I. B. II. 462, 



GRAMEN milisceumvuigare. Park. 1-153. #^V 5)tz. p. 402. Millet-grafs. Ltghtjoot FLScot.p. 02; 



RADIX perennis, repens. f ROOT perennial, and creeping. 



CULMl tenues, tres, quatuorve pedes alti, quatuor| STALKS flender, three or four feet higbj commonly 

 communiter geniculis diftincli, totidemque, f furnifhed with four joints, and cloathed with 



vel quinis foliis a geniculis oriundis, veftiti. I as many or five leaves, arifing from the joints. 



FOLIA palmaria, fpithamaea, et pedalia, glabra, tenuia, $ LEAVES from four to feven inches or a foot in length, 

 et infirma, fubtiliffime per longitudinem ftriata, | fmooth, thin and weak, very finely ftriated 



fuperna et mferna parte afpera, marginibus^ through their whole length, the upper and 



etiarflj ii deorfum ftringantur, afperis donata,| under fide as well as the edges rough if drawn 



tres, quatuorve lineas lata, fenfim in acutum | backward through the hand, three or four lines 



mucronem terminata. Vagincz ftriata;, glabrae, % in breadth, terminating gradually in a fine 



ad internam foliorum bafin in membranulaml point. Sheath ftriated, fmooth, at the inner 



tenuem, plerumque laciniatam terminate. % bafe of the leaf terminating in a membrane 



I which is often jagged. 



PxANICULA palmaris, frequentius tamen fpithamaea, ^PANICLE four inches in length, but more frequently a 

 pedalis et longior quandoque, fubereclia, diffufa, | fpan, a foot, or more, nearly upright, fpreading 



laxa. % and loofe. 



RAMI paniculae, capillares, flexuofi. ¥ BRANCHES of the panicle very fine, and crooked. 



CALYX: Gluma uni flora, bivalvis, acuminata, valvulis | CALYX : a Glume of one flower,' and two valves? 

 aequalibus, lasvibus, ovatis, acutis. Jig. 1. 2. % pointed, the valves equal, fmooth, ovate, and 



I pointed, fig. 1. 2. 



COROLLA bivalvis, calyce minor: valvulae ovatas, { COROLLA compoied of two valves, fmaller than the 

 obtufiufcula?, altera minore. fig. 3. 4. | calyx : the valves ovate, bluntifh, one fmaller 



I than the other, fig. 3. 4. 



STAMINA: Filamenta tria, capillaria, corolla Ion- % STAMINA : three Filaments, very fine, longer thaii 

 giora. Anther -ffi primo oblongse, demum | the corolla. Anthers firft oblong, then 



bifurcse, navse. fig. 5. % forked at each end, of a yellow colour. Jig. 5. 



PISTILLUM : Ger men fubrotundum, viride, glabrum;|PISTILLUM : Germen roundifh, green, fmooth; 

 Styli duo reflexi, plumofi, albi. fig. 6. % Styles two, turned back, feathered and white. 



I fig- 6. 



SEMEN unicum, tectum, fubrotundum, nitidum v %. 7. + SEED fingle, enclofed, roundifh, and mining, fig. 7. 



The grafs here figured is the only one we have of the genus Milium. It is diftinguifhed from the Panics ', to 

 which it has the greateft natural affinity, by having a calyx of two valves only : the height it ufually attains, the 

 particular fituatioii in which it is found, joined to the delicacy of its panicle, eminently diftinguifn it from all our 

 other grafles. . 



It abounds in many of the woods about town, particularly in Charlton Wood, and flowers in May with the Lily 

 ^>f the Valley and Hare-bell. 



It has a creeping root, and grows readily in a fhady fituation. 



