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 (32) SETARIA Beauv. 



Spikelets one <<> two flowered, ovate, in usually dense, cylindrical spike- 

 like panicles, each spikelet subtended by one to many scabrous bristles 

 which exceed the spikelets in length. 



Species about 35, tropical and temperate regions of the World; 4 in the 

 Philippines. 



1. Inflorescence a dense, cylindrical spike-like panicle. 

 2. Seta? few, 1 to 3, at the base of each spikelet. 



3. Inflorescence 5 to 7 cm. long, 1 cm. thick or less ; seta; 



green (3) 8. viridis 



3. Inflorescence 5 to 20 cm. long, 1 to 3 cm, thick ; setae 



usually purplish (1) 8. italica 



2. Setae many at the base of each spikelet, yellow or purplish ... (2) 8. /lava 



1 . Inflorescence a lax, open, subpyramidal, few-flowered panicle; setae 1 



at the base of each spikelet (4) 8. htxa 



(1) Setaria italica (Linn.) Beauv. Agrost. (1812) 51; Kuntfa Enum. 1 



(1833) 153; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 78; Llanos Frag. PL Filip. (1851) 

 24; Miq. Fl. Ind. Hat. 3 (1859) 467; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 312; Vidal 

 Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 157; Rev. PI. Vase. Filip. (1886) 180; Mez in 

 Perk. Frag. Fl. Philip. (1904) 145; Rendle in Forbes & Hemsl. Journ. Linn. 

 Soc. Bot. 36 (1!M)4) 325. J'anicum italicum Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 50. P. milia- 

 ccum Blanco Fl. Filip. ed. 1 (1837) 39; ed. 2, (1845) 28, non Linn. ChaetooMoa 

 italica Scribn. U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost. Bull. 4 (1807) 39; Scribn. & Merr. 

 I. c. 21 (1000) 20. Setaria comosa Miq. FL Ind. Bat. 3 (1850) 468. Panicum 

 comostim Bteud. Syn. 1 (1855) 53. 



LUZON, Province of Bizal. Montalban (3410 Ahern's collector) November, 1905. 

 Negbos, Tanhay {Jose Munoz) 1904. Culioh (491 Merrill) December, 1902. 

 Balabao (500 Mangubat) March, 1906. Cultivated only. T., Dana, Dava. L. 

 Buoacao. 



Cultivated in most tropical and temperate regions. 



(2) Setaria flava (Nees) Kunth Rev. Gram. 1 (1829) 46; Enum. 1 (1833) 

 149; Merr. Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 28. fif. glauca F.-Vill. Xov. 

 App. (1883) 312; Vidal Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 157; Rev. PI. Vase. 

 Filip. (1886) 288; Ceron Cat. PI. Herb. (1892) 180; Mez in Perk. Frag. Fl. 

 Philip. (1904) 145, non Beauv. Panicum flavum Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras. 2 

 (1829) 180; Panicum penicillatum Willd.; Nees in Nov. Act. Nat. Cur, 19 



(1834) Suppl. 1: 173. J'anicum rubiginosum Steud. Syn. 1 (1855) 50. Setaria 

 rubiginosa Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 467; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 313. 

 J'anicum ehrysanthum Steud. Nom. ed. 2. 2 (1841) 254. Chaetochloa flava 

 Scribn. U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost. Bull. 4 (18<)7) 3«). ('. glauca var. aurea 

 Wight in Contr. Q. S. Nat. Herb. 9 (1905) 223. Set aria glauca var. aurea K. 

 Seh. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzegeb. Siidsee (1901) 180. 8. aurea llochst. ex A. Br. 

 in Flora 24 (1841) 276. 8. glauca Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 ( I S!»7 ) 78 pro parti'. 



PHILIPPINES (551, 1342 Cuming). LuzOiX, Province of Benguet (4355, 4694 

 Merrill) October, November, 1905; (4869 Curran) August, 1906: Province of 

 Nueva Ecija, Carranglang (208 Merrill) .May, 1902: Province of Nueva Viscaya, 

 Quiangan (113 Merrill) June, 1902: Province of Bataan, Lamao (1936 Borden) 

 October, 1904: Province of Tarlac, Concepcion (3630 Merrill) November. 1903: 

 Province of Principe. Baler (1140 Merrill) October, 1902: Province of Bizal. 

 Morong (1446 Ramos) August. 1906; Bosoboso (1105 Ramos) July, 1906. Seme- 



