. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. SPERMATOPHYTA—GRAMINEAE—GRASSES 345 citratus, and citronella oil from A. Nardus. The fibrous roots of the aromatic Cuscus grass of India (A. muricatus), produce a substance used mainly as sachet powder; the fibres of the plant are used extensively by the natives in making mats. Andropogon halepensis. Brot. Johnson Grass A stout perennial with smooth, erect, simple culms, 3-S feet hight; and strong creeping rootstocks; panicle open, 6
. A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations. Poisonous plants. SPERMATOPHYTA—GRAMINEAE—GRASSES 345 citratus, and citronella oil from A. Nardus. The fibrous roots of the aromatic Cuscus grass of India (A. muricatus), produce a substance used mainly as sachet powder; the fibres of the plant are used extensively by the natives in making mats. Andropogon halepensis. Brot. Johnson Grass A stout perennial with smooth, erect, simple culms, 3-S feet hight; and strong creeping rootstocks; panicle open, 6-12 inches long; the 3-5 flowered racemes clustered toward their extremities; outer glume coriaceous, second glume equaling the first and convex below, the third glume shorter than the outer ones, membranaceous, palet broadly oval; fourth glume ciliate awned; palet shorter than the glumes; nerves ciliate. A troublesome weed throughout the Southern States. First introduced as a forage plant. Andropogon Sorghum. Brot. Sorghum An annual with long, broad, flat leaves and ample terminal panicle; spike- lets in pairs at the nodes, larger and rounder than in the preceding; rachis. Fig. 141. Sorghum {Andropogon Sorghum). 1. 3, Ambersorghum. (Kansas State Board of Agrl.). Kaffir corn; 2, Jerusalem corn; not artictdate; sessile spikelet with 4 scales, the outer hard and shining, the inner hyaline; the fourth scale on and subtending a small palet and perfect flower, or occasionally the palet wanting. Sorghum is contained in a number of cultivated plants which are class- ified by Mr. C. R. Ball under (1) Broom Corn, (2) Shallu, (3) Durra, (4) Sorghum and (5) Kaffir. Broom Corn used for the manufacture of brooms, is grown chiefly in the central Mississippi Valley, Kansas, Oklahoma, and the Panhandle of Texas. The Shallu, also known as Egyptian wheat, is culti-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - co
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