MILLET. Under this name the fruits of several plants belonging to the order Gramineae are known in commerce. All of them are used as food, either for domestic animals or man. That to which the term is most generally applied is the "common millet," Panicum miliaceum, Linn., originally a native of India, but now naturalized even as far north as England. It is thought that this and some of its allied species constituted one of the earliest of the grain products used in making bread, and that its generic name is derived from panis, bread, and not, as has been frequently assumed, from its panicle inflorescence. It is mentioned by Pliny as being one of the ordinary cereals of his time. He says, "Campania is particularly prolific in millet, and a