MIL 
if It muft be removed from this genus, it would bed ac¬ 
cord with that; but the remarkable fwell at the bafe of 
the calyx, rendered ftill more remarkable by its being 
thin, colourlefs, and tranfparent in that part, feems fuffi- 
cient to eftablifh it in its prelent fituation. Native of 
Portugal, the South of France, and England; I lie of She- 
pey, Gillingham in Norfolk, and near Weymouth. 
4. Millium comprefl'um, or compreffed millet-grafs; 
fpikes generally in threes; florets alternate, awnlefs, 
p re lied clofe to the rachis; culm jointed-comprefl'ed In 
the middle; peduncles very long. This Is a perennial 
grafs ; native of the Weft Indies. 
5. Milium digitatum, or fingered millet-grafs: fpikes 
digitated, generally in fours, fubfelfile; florets awnlefs, 
prefled clofe, directed on way ; leaves cartilaginous-fer¬ 
rate at the edge. Native of Jamaica. Annual. 
6. Milium paniceum, or panic millet-grafs: fpikes fub- 
digitate, alternate, approximating, filiform; florets di¬ 
rected one way, awnlefs, prefled clofe, three-cornered. 
Native of Jamaica. • 
7. Milium effulum, or common millet-grafs: flowers 
panicled, difperfed, awnlefs. Root perenial and creeping. 
Culms flender, three or four feet high,, with about four 
joints. Leaves from four to feven inches or a foot in 
length, fmooth, thin, and weak, very thinly ftriated their 
whole length, rough if drawn backward through the 
hand, three or four lines in breadth, terminating gradu¬ 
ally in a fine point. Panicles from four inches in length 
to a foot or more, nearly upright, fpreading and lool'e ; 
the branches of it very fine, and crooked. It appears to 
be much fcattered from the various lengths of the pedi¬ 
cels, which grow in whorls, and give this grafs an airy, 
light, and elegant, appearance. The filaments are longer 
than the corolla; the anthers firft oblong, then forked at 
each end. Germ fmooth; ftyles turned back, feathered, 
and white. It is diftinguifhed from the Panics,, to which 
it has the greateft natural affinity, by having a calyx of 
two valves only. The corolla is like that of Phalaris 
arundinacea; but it has no hairs at the bafe, and is not 
keeled; it is juft fhorter than the calyx. The height it 
ufually attains, the fituation in which it grows, and the 
delicacy of its panicle, diftinguifli this from all our other 
graffes. Native of molt parts of Europe, in woods. It 
flowers in May. 
8. Milium confertum, or cluttered millet-grafs : flowers 
panicled, cluttered. This refembles the preceding very 
much, infomuch that Haller regards it only as a variety, 
The culm is from two to three ells in height, fmooth and 
round. Leaves flat, fmooth, fix or feven lines in breadth, 
from fix inches to a foot in length, foft, rough at the 
edges ; iheaths ftriated, fmooth. Panicle fcattered, a foot 
or eighteen inches long and more, with more and cloler 
flowers. Glumes of the calyx green, with fmooth white 
edges ; of the corolla wliitifli. Native of Germany and 
Swilferland, in woods. 
9. Milium angulofum, or little angular-huflced millet- 
grafs: flowers clofely panicled, awnlefs; glumes ovate, 
acute, ltrongly ribbed and furrowed; Iheaths of the leaves 
hairy. Gathered in the Sandwich "Mauds, by Archibald 
Menzies, elq. It has the habit of the three preceding, 
but is diftinguifhed by the hairinefs of the backs of the 
leaves, and of their fheaths. Flowers fmaller than even 
thofe of M. arundinaceum. 
10. Milium fetofum, or briftly-hufked millet-grafs: flow¬ 
ers clofely panicled, pointed, awnlefs ; calyx fringed with 
long hairs ; Iheaths of the leaves, hairy. Gathered in the 
Sandwich Iflands, likewife by Mr. Menzies. Stem branch¬ 
ed, a foot or more in height, with numerous joints, under 
each of which it is rough and hairy. Leaves and their 
fheaths very hairy, light green. 
xj. Milium tenellum, or fmall tumid millet-grafs : pa¬ 
nicle ovate, denfe, awnlefs; calyx-glumes inflated, aim oft 
hemifpherical, very fmooth; fheaths of the leaves fwel- 
ling, ribbed, fmooth. Gathered in fandy ground, in 
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Spain, by Cavanilles. This is a little annual vernal grafs, 
in habit, fize> and colour, like Aira caryophyllea, along 
with which it grows. The Items branch from the bot¬ 
tom, and are clothed with a few fhort narrow involute 
leaves, with long inflated ribbed purplifh fmooth fheaths. 
The upper part of each branch is naked, round, fmooth, 
rigid, purple, bearing an ovate denfe glittering panicle, 
an inch long. The afpeft of the glumes of the calyx is 
that of a Briza. 
12. Milium globofum, or globular millet-grafs : panicle 
patulous; glumes awnlefs; pedicels with a yellow belt. 
Culm Ample, upright, a foot high or more. Leaves 
lanceolate, fcarcely a finger’s length. Native of Japan. 
13. Milium paradoxum, or black-feeded millet-grafs: 
flowers panicled, awned. This fpecies refembles theVeed ; 
the root is annual; the culms are from a foot and a half to 
three or four feet high, and the root perennial, according 
to Villars. Native of the South of France and Carniola! 
Introduced, in 1771, by Monf. Richard. It flowers in July". 
14. Milium racemofum, or racemofe millet-grafs: flow¬ 
ers in a Ample upright clutter; calyx elliptical, acute, 
ribbed; corolla long-awned, hairy; leaves lanceolate, 
with fmooth fheaths. Sent by the Rev. Dr. Muhlenberg 
from Lancafter in Pennfylvania. The Item is flender, 
leafy, fmooth. Leaves lanceolate, flat, taper-pointed, half 
an inch broad. Flowers the fize of the laft, four or five 
in a flender ereCt perfedtly-fimple clutter, with finely 
downy ttalks. Calyx many-ribbed, green. Corolla at 
length brown, clothed with a few fine hairs, and not 
much poliflied, bearing a long rough awn. 
15. Milium cserulelcens, or bluiih millet-grafs: panicle 
fpreading; calyx ovate, taper-pointed; corolla fmooth, 
with a flight awn fhorter than the calyx; fheaths of the 
leaves fmooth; flipule elongated, jagged. Gathered by 
Desfontaines in the fiflures of rocks on Mount Atlas 
and by Dr. Sibthorp abundantly in the Greek ides. This > 
has nearly the appearance of M. paradoxum, efpecially 
the panicle ; but the leaves are more narrow and glaucous, 
and the corolla fmaller. 
16. Milium villofum, or woolly millet-grafs: panicle 
lax ; florets awnlefs ; calyxes woolly. For the defcription 
fee Andropogon inlulare. It is an annual grafs, and a 
native of Jamaica. Browne affirms, that the roots and- 
leaves pounded, and applied externally, cure fores and 
ulcers of all forts with more certainty than molt other 
things ufed for that purpofe. It is a ftrong deterlive and 
agglutinant; and doubtlefs would make an excellent in¬ 
gredient in vulnerary apozems and infnfions. 
0. Bobartia , or round-headed, grafs, of Browne, is a 
variety of this. He only fays that it grows very rank, 
and is eaiily diflinguilhed’by its large foliated heads. 
17. Milium ramofum, or branched millet-grafs : culm 
branched; flowers panicled, ufually in pairs, hirfute. If 
the pencilled ftigma be the effential character of Milium, 
this grafs fhould be referred to Agroftis : but the habit’ 
calyx concealing the corolla, and the ovate form of the 
corolla, which is not acuminate although it has a point, 
all forbid this arrangement. Native of the Eult Indies! 
See Holcus and Panicum. 
MILK, J. [melc, Sax. mcllt^ Dut. and Ger. Gr. 
from to milk; malg-eu, Lat. meolcian, melean, 
Sax. We had formerly emultt for milked. See Cockeram’s 
Vocab.] The liquor with which animals feed their young 
from the bread .—Milk is the occafion of tumours of d£ 
vers kinds. WiJ'eman. 
When milk is dry’d with heat, 
In vain the milk-maid tugs an^empty teat. 
Dryden. 
Milk Is a white opaque fluid, ferreted by a certain or¬ 
gan exifting in all lactiferous animals. This fecretin°- 
apparatus is differently lituated in different animals. In 
women it is placed in the anterior part of the brealt; in 
the cow, the mare, the ewe, and lome others, it is fituated 
in the lower part of the abdomen; while in the., low, 
the 
