139. GRA3IINE^E. [40. Setaria. 



Cal. Herb. ; Ranchi, to 3000 ft. ! Very common iu Sing])lmm ! Manbhum, G".<]!e, 

 Camp. ! Parasnath, Cal. Herb. ! Probablj' all districts of Chota Nagpur. Orissa, 

 If'ahh ! Fl., Fr. Sept.-Oct. 



Stems often geniculate at base, grooved and striate above, often pubescent 

 below panicle, sometimes purple. Sheaths glabrous ; ligule of stiff hairs. Margins 

 of leaf smooth or scabrous. Rhachis of panicle villous. Often small imperfect 

 spkts. present and sometimes gl. i-iii dark red when mature. Grain pale yellow. 



Var. a. macrocarpa, F.B.I. 



Spiciform panicles very stout. Ripe gl. iv •12-*14" long by •08-"l" broad, con- 

 spicuously rugose. In the true var. macrocarpa Hooker states that gl. " iii and iv 

 are subsimilar in the ripe state forming a subglobose crustaceous sphei'e '17" diam." 

 Bristles up to S". Behar, Kurzl In a cultivated form in Ranchi! the gl. iii 

 remains membranous and this scarcely belocgs to the variety. 



Var. ft. parviflora, Munro {F.B.I.) t 



A small form about 1 ft. high. L. 3-4" by '25", mai'gins red, slightly scabrid, 

 sheaths compressed. Spike almost simple '6-l'o'' onlj*. Bristles about 10, purple. 

 Rhachis of panicle white-pubescent. Spkts. ovoid *1". Gl. iv less strongly rugose, 

 transversel3- lineate with fine ridges. 



Ranchi ! 



Var. /3 parviflora, Munro MSS. 



The spikes are very short, onlj- '2-".V' long with a few grains at the base nearly 

 white in colour. 



Monghyr Hills, Kiirz ! Gya, Mokun \ Sautal Parg., Kiisker ! 



5. S. intermedia, Roem. d- Sch. 



A weak flaccid grass from a few inches high to 2-5 ft. and with 

 leaves from narrowly linear under •!" to -5" broad and lanceolate- 

 linear. Panicles with flexuous rhachis tapering spiciform and inter- 

 rupted, or with branches up to 1" long below and subpyramidal. 

 Rhachis of panicle angular scabrid (not villose). Bristles flexuose 

 barbellate with suberect barbs. Spikelets -08" long broadly ovoid. 

 Gl. i suborbicular hyaline •03--04", 3-nerved, sometimes apiculate ; 

 ii orbicular, -04" concave almost truncate and apiculate, distinctly 

 5-nerved; iii ovate, membranous, as long as iv which is clasped by 

 its margins, often apiculate ; iv brown transversely rugulose broadly- 

 oblong or ovate sometimes slightly ridged on the very convex back, 

 often apiculate, its palea smoother fitting its open side. 



Gyn. JIokim[ Santal Parg., iV((s^v#- 1 Ranchi. M'ood \ Siugblium, grassj- places 

 in tiie rains! Vmi, W^aUh\ FL, Fr. r.s.-Oct. 



Leaves usually sparsely hair^-, especially with long hairs towards base ; sheath 

 ciliate above ; ligule hairy. Bristles usually one on the pedicel and 3-4 below it. 



6. S. verticillata, Beaut- . Bir-kauni, S. 



Stature and habit similar to *S^. intermedia, sometimes dwarf and 

 much tufted with small narro^^' leaves, at other times 3 ft. high with 

 leaves 10" by -9" broad. Panicles usually more cylindrical but taper- 

 ing, somewhat interrupted Avith the spikelets appearing sub-verti- 

 cillate but frequently dense. Always easily recognisable from the 

 long bristles being retrorsely hispid (the barbs reflexed). Glume iv 

 more finely rugulose or only dotted. 



Gya, J/oAiw ! Patna ( fr '«//. 8642 ij ! Santal Parg., lfo^(w ! Monghyr (ir«//. 

 8642 e). Ham. ! Hazai-ibagh, Wood ! Manbhum, common, Campbell I Orissa, Wahhl 

 Fl., Fr. Sept.-Oct., also April- June. 



Hairiness of leaves and sheaths as in intermedia. Rhachis of panicle \evy shortly 

 pul)escent. Spkts. '08" long, very similar to those of intermedia but paler, glumes 

 usually less apiculate and gl. iv less rugose. 



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