Loudon's encyclopædia of plants : comprising the specific character, description, culture, history, application in the arts, and every other desirable particular respecting all the plants indigenous to, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain / [J.C. Loudon].

John Claudius Loudon

Date:: 1855

Credit: Loudon's encyclopædia of plants : comprising the specific character, description, culture, history, application in the arts, and every other desirable particular respecting all the plants indigenous to, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain / [J.C. Loudon]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$945 hispidulum W. 946 coloratum IV. 947 ripens W. 948 miliaceum W. 949 muricatum W. 950 capillare W. 951 latifolium W. 952 clandestinum W. 953 arborescens W. 954 virgatum W. 955 patens P. S. 956 brevifi'ilium W! 957 divaricatum IK 958 palmifolium 145. SETA'RIA. P. tie, 959 verticillata P. de B 960glauca P.dcB. 9R1 viridis P. de B. 9fi2 italica P. de B. 963 setosa P. de B. 964 sericea P. de B. 965 germanica P. de B. 966 geniculata Horn. 967 pumila Lk. 968 macrochre'ta Lk. 969 aspera /.A. 146. ECHINOCHLO'A. 970 stagnina P. de B. 971 crus corvi P. de B. 972 cms galli P. deB. Panicum E. B. 147. ORTHOPO'GON. B. P. OrthopogoN. 973 hirttllus B P. hairy Mi IHT1 ag 974 undulatifulius B.S;S. wavy-leaved JB Q vv hispid Jllli O w 2 jl.au Ap E Indies 1804. s CO coloureii Ml O w 2 jl.s Ap Egypt 1771. s CO Jac. ic. 1. t. 58 slender Mi O w 1 jl.s A|> S. Europe 1777. s CO FI. grac. 1. t. 61 millet * O ag 14 jl.s Ap E. Indies 1596. s CO Host. gr. 2. t. 20 prickly ill: O Cll ii jl.s Ap E. Indies 1805. s CO hair-panicled * O w U jn.au Ap America 1758. s CO Host. gr. 4. t. IS broad-leaved jlU A w 5 au.s Ap N. Amer. 1765. s CO Mor. h.8. t. 5. f.4 hidden-flower'dJli A w Hjl Ap N. Amer. 1802. s CO tree fl_ □ w 50 mr.ap Ap E. Indies 1776. s CO long-p.miclcd 1 au.s Ap N. Amer. 1781. s CO spreading Q] w 1 jl.au 1| jl.au Ap India 1804. s CO short-leaved Jill! O w Ap E. Indies 1800. s CO PI. al. 176. 1.189 straddling Mi E3 w 5 jl.au Ap Jamaica 1800. s CO Jac.schoen.l.t.25 Palm-leaved M C3 w 6 jl.au Ap E. Indies 1804. s CO !. Setabia. GraminecB. Sp. 11—24. rough Mi O w l^jl-au Ap England moi. fi. S CO Eng. bot. 874 glaucous M O w 1J jl.au 1| jl au Ap S. Europe 1771. s CO Host. gr. 2. 1.16 green Jill; O w Ap England san. fi. S Eng. bot. 875 Italian jllli O ec 14 jl.au Ap 1816. s CO setose jllli O w 2| jlau Ap W. Indies 1804. s CO silky jilt O w 14 my.s fijl Ap W. Indies 1780. s CO German jllli O ag Ap S. Europe 1548. s CO Host. gr. 2. 1.15 knee-jointed mil o w U jl.au Ap 1805. s CO dwarf HOw 1 jl.au Ap 1819. s CO long-spiked Ml O \v 2 jl.au Ap 1819. s CO rough jllli a w 2 jl.au Ap C. G. H. 1820. s CO P. deB. Prickly-grass. GraminecB. Sp. 3—15. pond Jllli O w 3 jl.au Ap E. Indies 1802. s CO Host. gr. 3. t. 51 crow's-foot Jin O w 1 jl.au Ap E. Indies 1781. s CO loose jllli o w 14. jl.au Ap Britain moi. fi. S CO Eng. bot. 876 148. PENICII/LARIA. 975 ciliata W. 976 spicata W. 149. LAPPA'GO. W. 977 racemnsa W. 150. STPPA. W. 978 pennata W. 979 humilis Can. 980juncea W. 981 sibirica P. S. 982capillata W. 983 tenacissima W. P. deB. Penicillaria. fox-tail Jllli O w Bull-rush Jllli O w Lappago. branching jllli O cu Featheh-grass. common low rush-leaved Siberian capillary tough Jllli A or jffii O cu Jin A cu Jin A cu Jin A cu juii A cu 151. MUHLENBER'GIA. Schr. MUHLENBEKGIA. 984 diffusa Schr. 152. CH^TU'RUS. Lk. 985 fasciculatus Lk. 153. LAGU'RUS 986 ovatus W. spreading jllli A w CH/ETURUS. bundled jffli O w Hare's-tail-grass. oval-spiked jllli O cu Graminece. 1 jn.jl Ap 1 jn.jl Ap Graminece. 2 jl.s Ap 2 jn.jl Ap GraminecB. \\ jl.au Ap GraminecB. 2 jl.au Ap i jl.au 3 jl 3 jl.au 2 jl.au 2| jl.au GraminecB. | my.jn Ap GraminecB. | jl.s Ap Ap Ap Ap Ap Ap Sp. 2—6. W.Indies 1795. S. Europe 1795. Sp.2. Jamaica 1748. India 1592. SpA. S. Europe 1771. Sp. 6—37. Britain S. Amer. France Siberia Europe Spain O CO S co Host. gr. 3. t.52 S co PI. al. t. 92. f. 5 S co PI. al. t. 32. f. 4 S co Host. gr. 1. t. 36 al. roc. D s.l 1802. 1772. 1777. 1815. 1817. S D co D co D co D co Eng. bot. 1356 C. ic. 5. t. 466. f. 1 FI. grac. 1. t. 85 Gmel. sib.l. t.22 Host. gr. 3. t. 5 Desf. atl. 1. t. 30 Sp. 1. N. Amer. 1816. Sp. 1—2. Spain 1816. S co Schr. gram. t. 51 Eng. bot. 1384 History, Use, Propagation, Culture, panis, bread, because of its uses as such. Of P. miliaceum there are two varieties, the brown and yellow. They are sometimes sown in this country for feeding poultry, and for having the husk taken off, to be used as rice; but the ample supplies received from the shores of the Mediterranean, render the culture of the plant unnecessary P. arborescens, is said, by Linnaeus, to contend for height with the loftiest trees in the East In- dies, though the culm is scarcely thicker than a goose quill. This culm resembles that ofCommelina, and shouts up through the branches of trees in woods and jungles. 145. Setaria. From seta, a bristle, on account of the bristles of the involucrum. S. italica is frequently called millet, and its seeds are used for the same purposes. S. germanica is cultivated in Hungary as food for horses, tor which it is preferred before all other grasses. The seeds may be used as millet. Sparrows are remarkably fond of the seeds of S. viridis ; and, according to Curtis, this and the two preceding genera, when cultivated in gardens, require to be protected from them from the time they come into flower. 146. Echinochloa. From a hedge-hog, and a grass, on accountof the prickly appearance of theheads of flowers. L. crus-galh is a coarse grass which grows thick and close, and stands dry weather better than most others.$