. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. grasses of about forty species, found in the warm regions of both hemispheres. Spikelets with the structure of Panicum, but interspersed with rough- ened bristles which usually extend be- yond the spikelets. Inflorescence a dense, cylindrical spike. Also known as Setaria. Sev- eral species are common weeds in cultivated soil, e. g., C. viridis and C. glauea (Fig. 527), foxtail or pigeon-grass. Italica, Scribn. Millet. Hungarian-grass. (Fig. 528.) A coarse annual with thick green or purple spikes, cultivated for forage, espe- cially in the
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. grasses of about forty species, found in the warm regions of both hemispheres. Spikelets with the structure of Panicum, but interspersed with rough- ened bristles which usually extend be- yond the spikelets. Inflorescence a dense, cylindrical spike. Also known as Setaria. Sev- eral species are common weeds in cultivated soil, e. g., C. viridis and C. glauea (Fig. 527), foxtail or pigeon-grass. Italica, Scribn. Millet. Hungarian-grass. (Fig. 528.) A coarse annual with thick green or purple spikes, cultivated for forage, espe- cially in the region of the Great Plains. Native of the Old World. Also called Bengal-grass. [See Millet and Meadows and Pastures.] 9. Pennisetum (Greek, feather bristle). A genus of annual or perennial grasses comprising about forty species, found in the tropics of both hemi- spheres, but more especially the eastern. Spikelets B24 as in Panicum, but surrounded by a clustei tr" bristles which fall from the axis with the spikelet (except in the cultivated form). Inflorescence a raceme or spike. spicatum, R. and S. (Pennisetum typhoideum. Rich.; Penicellaria spicaia, Willd.). Pearl mil- let. (Fig. 529.) A tall, coarse, annual grass, resembling sorghum, but having a dense cylin- drical inflorescence six to fourteen inches in length and an inch or less in diameter. The origin of pearl millet is unknown, but it has been cultivated in tropical Africa and Asia for an indefinite period for forage and for the seed, which is used for food. It is now cultivated in the United States to some ex- tent for forage, and the seed is some- times sold under the name of Pencilaria and Mand's Wonder forage plant. For further account, see United States Department of Agriculture, Farmers' Bulletin, No. 168. [See Millet.] 10. Stenotaphrum (Greek, narrow trench, alluding to cavities in the rachis). A genus of grasses of three or four species, found in the tropical regions of both hemispheres. Spikelets as in Pan
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