(32) SETARIA P.eauv. 



Spikelcts one to two flowered, ovate, in nsually 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. niflorescence a dense, cylindrical spike-like panicle. 

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



3. Inflorescence 5 to 7 cm. long, 1 cm. thick or less ; set£e 



green (3) S. viridis 



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



usually purplish (1) 8. italica 



2. Setffi many at the base of each spikelet, yellow or purplish (2) S. flava 



1. Inflorescence a lax, open, subpyramidal, few-flowered panicle ; set£e 1 



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



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

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

 24; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 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 (1904) 325. Panicum italicum. Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 56. P. milia- 

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

 italica Scribn. U. 8. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost. Bull. 4 (1897) 39; Scribn. & Merr. 

 1. c. 21 (1900) 20. Setaria comosa Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 468. Panicum 

 comosum Steud. Syn. 1 (1855) 53. 



Luzon, Province of Rizal, Montalban (3410 Ahern's collector) November, 1905. 

 Negros, Tanhay (Jose Mtmoz) 1904. Culion (491 Merrill) December, 1902. 

 Balabac (500 Mangubat) March, 1906. Cultivated only. T., Daua, Dava. 1., 

 Bucaeao. 



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. S. glauca F.-Vill. Nov. 

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

 Filip. (1880) 288; Ceron Cat. PL Herb. (1892) 180; Mez in Perk. Frag. Fl. 

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

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

 (1834) Suppl. 1: 173. Panicum ruhiginosum Steud. Syn. 1 (1855) 50. Setaria 

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

 Panicum. chrysanlhum Steud. Nom. ed. 2, 2 (1841) 254. Chaetochloa flava 

 Scribn. IT. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost. Bull. 4 (1897) 39. C. glauca var. aurea 

 Wight in Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 9 (1905) 223. Setaria glauca var. aurea K. 

 Sch. Fl. Deutsch. Schutzegeb. Siidsee (1901) 180. S. aurea Hochst. ex A. Br. 

 in Flora 24 (1841) 276. S. glauca Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 78 pro parte. 



Philippines (551, 1342 Cuming). Luzon, 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 Rizal, 

 Morong (\44C> Ramos) August, 1906; Bosoboso (1105 nainos) ,Tuly, 1906. Seme- 



