Setaria GRAMINEAE Pseudoraphis 



First glume somewhat rounded, obtuse or truncate; fertile 



lemma distinctly rugose 2. S. plicata 



Blades linear-lanceolate to linear, not plaited; the base never 



narrowed into petioles 3. S. chondrachne 



aa. Annual: panicle dense, cylindric, or more or less lofed: bristles few 

 to many below each of the spikelets. 

 b. Grains falling from the sterile lemma and glumes whenmatuie.. 5. S. italica 

 bb. Grains falling together with the sterile lemma and glumes. 



Spikelets usually 3 or more in each cluster; the second glume 

 equaling or as much as 1/4 shorter than the fertile floret. 

 Spikelets 2.0-2.5 mm. long, oblong, obtuse, slightly turgid 



when mature 4 . S. viridis 



Spikelets about 3 mm. long, elliptic, acute, strongly turgid 



when mature 6. <S. faberii 



Spikelets single, or with a rudimentary second in each cluster; 



the second glume about half as long as the fertile floret.. 7. S. lutescens 



1. Setaria palmifolia (Koen.) Stapf Palmcrass (Hitch. 726). Culms 1.0-1.5 m. high; 

 fls. VIII; fr. IX. India to Formosa and Malaysia; locally in Che. Shady ravines 

 or open moist valleys. 



2. Setaria plicata (Lam.) T. Cooke (Ha.B.5:987). Culms 30-120 cm. high; fls. 

 VIII; fr. IX. India to southeastern China; locally in Che., Ku. Shady or moist 

 ground. 



3. Setaria chondrachne (Steud.) Honda (Panicum matsumurae Hack.) (Mak. F.840). 

 Culms 60-120 cm. high; fls. VII; fr. VIII. China and Japan; locally in An., Ku. 

 Waste roadsides or shady moist ground. 



4. Setaria viridis (L.) Beauv. Green Bristlegrass 3"]flt^ (Kou Wei Ts'ao; Dog-tail 

 Grass) (Hitch.724). Culms 30-90 cm. high; fls. VI; fr. VII. Cosmopolitan; locally 

 in An., Che., Ku. Fields or waste roadsides. Fig. 439. 



5. Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. Foxtail Millet /Jn^: (Hsiao Mi; Millet) (Hitch.725). 

 Culms 30-150 cm. high; fls. VIII; fr. IX. Eurasia; locally in An., Che., Ku. 

 Cultivated for grain, also escaped. 



6. Setaria faberii Herrm. (Hitch.725). Culms 30-120 cm. high; fls. VII; fr. VIII. 

 China, Indo-China and Japan; locally in Che., Ki., Ku. Waste fields and open 

 slopes. 



7. Setaria lutescens (Weigel) Hubbard Yellow Bristlegrass (Hitch. 718). Culms 

 15-90 cm. high; fls. VII; fr. VIII. Old World temperate and tropical regions; 

 locally in An., Che., Ki., Ku. Fields and valley land. 



66. Pseudoraphis Griff. {Htj-^M (Wei Chen Mao Shu) 



Aquatic or swampy ground perennials with simple contracted or narrow panicles : 

 spikelets subsessile along the slender simple brs. of the infl.; the brs. produced beyond 

 the spikelets into slender bristles and falling off with them from the main axis. Five 

 species from tropical and temperate Asia to Australia; 2 in China. (Greek: pseudos, 

 false, and raphis, needle, alluding to the sterile needle-like ends of the panicle branches.) 



1. Pseudoraphis depauperata (Nees) Keng iMf^ (Wei Chen Mao; False Needle- 

 grass) (Mak.F.841). Culms 10-30 cm. high; fls. and frs. V-XI. India, Ceylon 

 and eastern Asia; locally in Che., Ku. Pools or muddy ground. 



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