Milium effusum 
Millet Grass 
MILIUM Lin. Gen. PI. Triandria Digynia. 
Cal. 2-valvis, uniflorus: valvulis futaqualibus. Corolla breviffima. Stigmata 
penicilliformia. 
RdiSyn. Gen. 27. Herb* graminifoli* flore imperfecto culmifer*. 
MILIUM effufum floribus paniculatis difperfis muticis. Lin. Syjl. Vtget. p. 9+. Sp. PI. p. 90. FI. 
Su:c. n. 61. 
MILIUM paniculis raris, longiflime petiolatis. Haller. Hi/ 1 . 1525. 
GRAMEN fylvaticum, panicula miliacea fparfa. Bauh. Pin. 8. 
GRAMEN miliaceum. Lob. icon. 3. Ger. cmac. 6. I. B. II. 462. 
GRAMEN miliaceum vulgare. Park. 1153. Raii Syn. p. 402. Millet-grafs. Lightjoot FI. Scot. p. 92. 
RADIX perennis, repens. | ROOT perennial, and creeping. 
CULM l tenues, tres, quatuorve pedes alti, quatuor| STALKS Render, three or four feet high, commonly 
communiter geniculis diftindti, totidemque, ¥ furniflied with four joints, ^and cloathed with 
vel quinis foliis a geniculis oriundis, veftiti. | 
as many or five leaves, arifing from the joints. 
FOLIA palmaria, fpithamrea, et pedalia, glabra, tenuia, f 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 inferna parte afpera, marginibus f through their whole length, the upper and 
etiam, fi deorlum ftringantur, aiperis 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. Vagina ftriatas, glabra, ? in breadth, terminating gradually in a fine 
ad internam foliorum bafin in membranulam | point. Sheath ftriated, fmooth, at the inner 
tenuem, plerumque laciniatam terminata:. I bafe of the leaf terminating in a membrane 
I which is often jagged. 
PANICULA palmaris, frequentius tamen fpithamtea, if PANICLE four inches in length, but more frequently a 
pedalis et longior quandoque, fubere&a, diffufa, | fpan, a foot, or more, nearly upright, fpreading 
laxa. I and loofe. 
RAMI panicula}, 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, laevibus, ovatis, acutis. Jig. 1.2. % pointed, the valves equal, fmooth, ovate, and 
I pointed. Jig. 1. 2. 
COROLLA bivalvis, calyce minor: valvulae ovata:, | COROLLA compoled of two valves, fmaller than the 
obtufiufcuke, 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 - 1 STAMINA : three Filaments, very fine, longer than 
giora. Anther* primo oblongs, demum | the corolla. Anther* firft oblong, then 
bifurcae, flavae, fig. 5. t forked at each end, of a yellow colour, fig. 5. 
PISTILLUM : Germen fubrotundum, viride, glabrum; | PISTILLUM : Germen roundifti, green, fmooth. 
Styli duo reflexi, plumofi, albi. fig. 6. 4 Styles two, turned back, feathered and white. 
I fe - 6 - 
SEMEN unicum, te<ftum, fubrotundum, nitidum.yfc. 7. + SEED Angle, enclofed, roundifti, and fhining. fig. 7. 
The grafs here figured is the only one we have of the genus Milium. It is diftinguiffied 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 lituation in which it is found, joined to the delicacy of its panicle, eminently diftinguifti 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 
of the Valley and Hare-bell.' 
It has a creeping root, and grows readily in a ftiady fituation. 
