80 CLXXiii. GRAMINE^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Setaria, 



part) G. S. glauca, Hoclist. PL Hohenack.n. 937. Panicum intermedium, 

 Both Nov. ISp. 47 ; Thw. Enum. 301. 



Plains and lower hills of India, but not common. Himalaya, the Panjab, 

 to Bengal, Centkal I^DIA, and the Nilghiki Hills. Cexlon, in shady places, 

 Thwaites, —DisruiB. Temp, and trop. rogious. 



Undistinguishable from S. v erticill a fa except hy the barbs of the bristles of the 



involucel not being reversed. It is probably a common but overlooked grass. 



4. S- verticillata, Beauv. Agrost. 51 ; panicle subpyraraidal or suh- 

 spiciform, lower involucels in segregate clusters, bristles with reversed 

 barbs, gl. IV minutely rugulose. Kimth Enmn. PI, i. 152; WalL Gat. n. 

 8642 A. B. C. D in part, E. F. ; Dalz. & Gibs. JBomh. FL 294; Aitch 

 Gat. Panjah PL 162; Trim. Cat. GeyL PL 105; Dathie Grass. N.W. Ind. 

 9, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 15; Penth. FL AustraL vii. 494; Host Gram. 

 Austr. 1. 13 ; Belchh, Ic. FL Germ. t. 47 ; T. Nees Gen. Fl. Germ. Monoc n. 22. 

 S. floribunda, S'preng. Si/sL i 305; WalL Gat. n. 8642 E. S. nubica, Linlc. 

 Hort. BeroL i. 220. S. respiciens, Hochst. ex Miq. FL Ind. Bat. iii. 467. 

 S. verticilliforniis, Dum. FL Belg. 150. S. Rottleri, Spre)7g. SysL Veg-^* 

 304; Steud Syn. Gram. 153. PS. tomentosa, Kiinth Pevis, Gram, i- 47; 

 JEnum. PL i. 157. Panicum Aparine, Steud. 52. P. adhaerens, Forsk. FL 

 ^gypL Arab. 20. P. asperum, Lamk. FL Fr. iii. 577. P. floribunduro, 

 Willd. ex Spreng. S^sL i. 306. P. huraile, Trin. Gram. Panic. 167. r. 

 italicum, Ucria, Hort. Peg. Panorm. 54. P. respiciens, Hochst. ex Stem* 

 I c. 52. P. rude, Lamk. ex Steud. Norn. Ed. 1, 589, 772. P P. tomentosuni, 

 Boxh. FL Ind. i. 301. P. verticillatum, Linn. Sp. PL Ed. II, 82 ; Boxb. f t- 

 Ind. l 301 ; Thw. Enum, 361 ; Trin. Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 202. P. viride, Pef 

 FL Atlant. I 58. Pennisetum verticillatum, Br. Prodr. 195. Penn. respi- 

 ciens, A. Mich. Tent. FL Abyss, ii. 379. 



Throughout India, in shady places, ascending the Himalaya to 6000 ft. CkyloK, 



not very commou. — Distbib. Temp, and trop. regions. _ . 



Annnal. Habit of 8. glauca but usually more flaccid. Leaves Bometimes 1 ' • 

 broad, scabemlous. Panicle 2-7 in. long, erect or curved, green ; bristles of involuce 

 one or few, about | in. long, flexuous. Spikelets X4~12 iu. ; gl. I about = i IH 5 

 about = IV which is nearly smooth and shining. 



5. S- vlrldls, Beauv. Agrost. 51 ; panicle spiciform cylindrio oite^ 

 interrnpted, bristles of involucel 3-6 with erect or spreading barbs, SK , 

 oblong minutely punctulate or subrugnlose. K%inth Enum. i. 151 ; Aitc^' 

 Cat. Panjab. PL 162; Miq. FL Ind. Bat, iii. 467; Most Gram. Austr. y^- 

 t. 14; F'L Dan. t. 352; Reichb. Ic. FL Germ. i. 47; Boiss. FL Ortent.J; 

 443; Benth. FL AustraL vii. 494; Griseb. FL BHL W. Ind. 554; D^m 

 Grass. N.W. Ind. 9. S. affinis, Schult. ManL ii. 275. S. ambigua, Gu-^^ 

 FL Sic. Sgn. i. 114. S. chloraDlha, Sc/iur Enum. PI Transs. 723. »• 

 decipiens, G. Schimp, ex Nym. Comp. 787. S. imberbis & Weinmanni. 

 Boem. & Schidt. Syst. ii. 891, 490. 8. nana, Dum. Obs. Gram. Belg. 139. D. 

 penicillata, WalL Cat. n. 8640 D. 8. villo..a, Beauv. Agrost 51. P'^i^}*^"^ 

 bicolor, Moench. Meth. 206. P. cynosuroides, Scoj). FL (Jam. Ed. II. ^* *^' 

 P. humile, Thunb.ex Trin. Gram. Panic. 161. P. imberbe, Poir. Efr' 

 SuppL iv. 272. P. Isevigatum, Lam. FL Fr. iii. 578. P. psilocaulum, Steu<^^^ 

 Syn. Gram. 50. P. purpurascens, Opiz. in Flora, v. 266; Baddi ex JSe 

 Agrost. Bras. 240. P. quale Linn^i, Krock FL Siles, i. 88. P. reclinatum, 

 VilL Hist PL Dauph. ii. 64. P. tej ucense, Nees ex Trin. Gram. Panir. lt)0- 

 P. viresceus, Salzm. ex Doell in Mart. FlBras. ii. II. 157. P. viride, i'^*^' 



