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MI'LIUM* * 
Linnean Class and Order. TmA'NDRiAf, Digy'nia. 
Natural Order. Grami'ne.e, Juss. Gen. PL p. 28. — Sm.Gram. 
of Bot. p. 68. ; Engl FI. v. i. p. 71. — Lindl. Syn. p. 293. ; Introd. 
to Nat. Syst. of Bot. p. 292. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 393. — Loud. 
Hort. Brit, p.542 . — Gramina, Linn. — Gramina'les; sect. Pani- 
cin.e ; type, Miliace.e ; Burn. Outl. of Bot. v. i. pp. 359 & 366. 
Gen. Char. Panicle loose, spreading. Cahjx (see figs. 1 & 2.) 
of 2 nearly equal, concave, tumid, keeled, clasping, awnless glumes, 
containing a single floret. Corolla (see fig 2.) of 2, nearly equal, 
ribless, very smooth, awnless palea, the upper flat. Nectary cloven, 
membranous. Filaments (see fig. 2.) 3, hair-like, the length of 
the calyx. German (fig. 3.) egg-shaped. Styles (see fig. 3.) com- 
bined, or very short. Seed (figs. 4 & 5.) egg-shaped, coated with 
the horny corolla. 
The loose, spreading panicle ; the calyx of 2 glumes, as long, or 
a little longer than the paleae, inclosing a single floret ; and the 
corolla of 2 equal, smooth, awnless paleje, which at length become 
hardened and closely invest the seed ; will distinguish this from 
other genera in the same class and order. 
The hardened corolla , forming a coat to the seed, affords a mark 
of distinction between this genus and Agrostis. Sm. 
Two species British. 
M'lLIUM EFFU'SUM. Millet-grass. 
Spec. Char. Panicle glabrous, its branches subverticillate. 
Ligule (see fig. 6.) blunt. 
Engl. Bot. t. I106.—Curt. FI. Lond. t. 248. — Knapp’s Gram. Brit. 1. 19. — 
Host. Gram. Austr. v. iii. p. 16. t. 22. — Graves’ British Grasses, t. 31. — Linn. 
Sp. PI. p. 90. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd edit.) p. 29. — VVilld. Sp. PI. v. i. pt. i. p. 
360. — Leers (2nd edit.) p. 18. t. 8. f. 7. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 75. Engl. FI. v. i. 
P- 37. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 153. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v.ii. p. 154. — Lind. Syn. 
p. 301. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 30. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 92. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. 
P. 35. — Abbot’s FI. Bedt. p. 13. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p.72. — Davies’ Welsh 
Bot. p. 8.— llelh. FI. Cant. (3rded.) p. 28. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 24. — Grev. FI. 
F.din. p. 15. — Sind. Hort. Gram. Wob. pp.20 and 403. — FI. Devon, pp. 11 and 
E20. — Winch’s H. of Norlhumb. and Duiham, p. 5. — Walker’s FI. of Oxf. p. 
18. — Perry’s PI. Vary. Selectse, p.7. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 56. — Mack. Catal. of 
Fb Hibern. p.297 ,—Gramen miliaceum, Kay’s Syn. p. 
402. — Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 6. 
Localities. — In moist shady places, in woods, &c. frequent. 
Perennial. — Flowers in June and July. 
Fig. 1. Calyx.— Fig. 2. Calyx, Corolla, and Stamens.— Fig. 3. Germcn and Pistils. 
—Fig. 4. Seed invested with the Corolla.— Fig. 5. A Seed divested of the Corolla.— 
Fig. 6. A portion of the Leaf, showing the Ligula. — -Figs. 1, 2, and 3, a little 
magnified. 
* From mille, a thousand, on account of its fertility ; or, according to Theis, 
trom the Celtic mil, a stone, from the hardness of its fruit. Sir W. J. Hooker. 
t See folio 56, note +. 
