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brown. O — Waste places, introduced or escaped from cultiva- 

 tion, Northeastern States and occa- 

 sional in other parts of the United 

 States (fig. 1498); temperate parts 

 of the Old World. Broomcorn 

 millet is cultivated in the cooler 

 parts of the United States to a 

 limited extent for forage and occa- 

 sionally the seed is used for feed for 

 hogs, hence it is sometimes known 

 as hog millet. Also called proso. 

 Commonly cultivated in Europe 

 and western Asia. 

 6. Diffusa. — Perennials; culms stiff, 

 mostly tufted; sheaths mostly 

 hirsute; ligules membranaceous, ciliate; spikelets pointed, 7- to 

 9-nerved, glabrous; fruit smooth and shining. 

 131. Panicum capil- 



larioides Vasey. (Fig. 



1499.) Culms erect or 



ascending from a knot- 



Figure 1496. — Panicum stramineum 



of spikelet, and floret, X 10. (Type.) 



Two views 



Figure 1498.— Distribution of 

 Panicum miliaceum. 



ted crown, 30 to 55 cm 

 tall, appressed-pubes- 

 cent or glabrate, the 

 nodes densely ascending- 

 pubescent ; blades rather 



Figure 1497. 



-Panicum miliaceum. 

 floret, X 10. (Griffit 



Two views of spikelet, and 

 i 6490, India.) 



stiff, 10 to 30 cm long, 2 to 10 mm wide, 

 flat, harshly papillose-pubescent; panicle 

 diffuse, few -flowered, 10 to 20 cm long, the 

 capillary branches 

 stiffly spreading at 

 maturity; spikelets 

 5 to 6 cm long, 

 lanceolate, long- 

 acuminate, fruit 

 1.6 to 1.8 mm long. 

 Ql — Prairies and 

 plains, Texas and 

 northern Mexico. 

 Panicum bergii 

 Arech. Tufted, 

 with numerous 



leaves clustered at base; sheaths hispid; 

 blades involute; panicle very diffuse, a third 

 or more the entire height of the plant, the 

 lower branches verticillate, conspicuously pilose in the axils; spikelets, 



Figure 1500.— Panicum filipes 

 Two views of spikelet, and floret, 

 X 10. (Type.) 



Figure 1499. — Panicum capillar ioides 

 Two views of spikelet, and floret 

 X 10. (Type.) 



