300 PLANT LIFK OK ALABAMA. 



Chaetochloaverticillata(L.)Scribnor. Hull. 1. S. D.pt. A«r. ])iv. A;,'rost.4:89. 18!t7. 



I'anhiiin nrlicilldtinn I.. Sp. 1'1.(m1.L', 1 : XL.'. IUVJ. 



Setarid nrtii illntii I5e:uiv. A;xriist. .M. IHl'J. 



Gray, Man. ed. t;, iVM. Cliap. Fl. '<1H. 



Ai..\1!.\ma: lutnidufetl from Fiiropo and sparingly naturalized. Wa.ste groiindH. 



At Mobile has been toiiud tin* ti'opical form with broader leaves, loose spikes with 

 lonjijer spreading;; branchlets, the .s{)reatlin;i awns twice as lon^r as in the tyjtiial 

 form. "May be N. pHeudo-virliciUaiti Fournirr,' but can not bo <leterinined from 

 descrijition" (1'-. D. Merrill). 



Type locality: " Hab. in Knropa austral! et Oriente.'' 



Herb. (m'oI. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Chaetochloa brevispica Seribu. A; Merrill, J?ull. 1'. S. J)e))t. Aj^r. Div. Agrost. 

 21:1;"). I'.IOO. 



ranivHin rerticiUatiim parrillorum Doell in Mart. 1"1. i5ras. 2, jit. 2: 17l'. INTT. .Not 

 C'enchnifi parrijioriis I'oir. l.S()l. 



A low, spreadinj; annual, much branched, 4 to 12 inches high, with decumbent, 

 depressed, glabrou.s eulnis, lanceolate leaves '2 to (i inches lonfj; dense panicles it to 

 1^ inches lonj^- and A inch thick, densely llowered; bristles 1 to 3, purplish, the 

 dowering glume nearly smooth, linely transversely wrinkled. 



Mkxico, South America, Europe, Africa. 



Louisianiau area. Louisiana. 



Alaba.aia: Fugitive on ballast with C i/a?/ca f/er/dax (ca, of the same habitat as 

 the latter, but distinguished by spreading hai)it, short cylindrical spikes, and 

 smaller spikelots; distinguished from (J. certicUlata by the smaller spikelets. 



Type locality: " Prope L'io de .Janeiro lecta." 



Chaetochloa ambigua (Guss.) 8cril)n. & Merrill, Hull. F. S. l>e]>t. .Vgr. ]>iv. Agrost. 



21:18. 1900. 



Setaria rerticiUaUt (imhu/iia (inss. Prodr. 1:80. 1827. Not S. amhigua Schrad. 1838. 



A eespitose, erect, much branched annual 8 to 18 inches high, with compressed 

 culms, lanceolate leaves and rather spi(!ate, dense panicle 2 to 4 inches long, its 

 branchlets short and solitary; stout bristles } to ^ inch long, npwardly Itarbellate. 



Intermediate between ('. viridiH and C vrrdcillatd: distinguished from the former 

 by the subverticillate loose ])anicle, .stout, short bristles, and scabrous, not pilose, 

 rachis; from C. reriicillaiahy the bristles being upward-barbellate instead of retrorse. 



Europe. 



Carolinian and Louisianiau areas. New .Jersey. 



Alabama: Near dwellings. Mohile Connty {Carl Ziinmer, lS8i). Introduced. 



Type locality: Sicily (?). 



Herb. Geol. 8urv. 



Chaetochloa viridis (L.) Scribner, P-ill. U. S. l)ei)t. Agr. Div. Agrost. 4 : 39. 1897. 



GitKEN Foxtail. 



Panicum viride L. Sp. PL ed. 2, 1 : 83. 17C2. 



Setaria riridis Beauv. Agrost. .51. 1812. 



Grav. Man. ed. 6, 634. Chap. Fl. 578; ed. 3, 588. Coulter, Coutr. Nat. Herb. 

 2 : 510. Scribner, Grass. Tenn. 2 : .")«?, t. 16, f. HS. 



Naturalizeil from Europe almost over the <ontinent. 



Alabama: ()v(^r the State. Waste places around dwellings. Mobile County. 

 June to September. Not fre([nent. 



Type locality: "Ilab. in Europa australi." 



Herb. Geol. Sniv. Herb. Mohr. 



Chaetochloa italica (L.) Scribner, Bull. II. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost. 4 : 39. 1897. 



Italian or Golden Millet. 

 rauicum itaUcwm L. Sp. PI. 1 : .56. 1753. 

 Sefaria (7a/tca Beauv. Agrost. 51. 1812. 



Alabama: Cultivated throughout the State, rarely escaping. 

 Type locality : "Hab. in Indiis.'' 

 Economic uses: Important forage and hay croj). 

 Ilerl). Mohr. 



Chaetochloa italica germanica (Mill.) Scribner, Bull. U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost. 

 6 : 32. 1897. Hungarian Grass, German Millet. 



Panicum germa»ienm Mill. Gard. Diet. ed. 8, no. 1. 1768. 



Setaria qermanica Beauv. Agrost. 31. 1812. 



Cultivated throughout the State. Mobile, fugitive on ballast ground and in waste 

 places; escaped from cultivation. .June to August. 



' Mex. PI. Enum. Gram., p. 43. 1886. 



