MILLETS OF THE GENUS SETARIA IN THE 

 BOMBAY PRESIDENCY AND SIND. 



By G. a. (iAMMIE, LiMtAR'V 



NEW YO»K 



Imperial Cotton Specialist, nnTANlCAL 



QARDEN, 



Sir J. D. Hooker, in his account of the grasses in the *' Elorn 

 of British India," admits ahout 10 species in the genus Setaria of 

 whicli seven are found in India and Ceylon. These are : — 



. ( I ) S. italica, Bi-ai(i\, is cultivated, throughout India and 

 ill most tropical and temperate countries. 



(2) S. glauca, Be(mi\, is cultivated, so far as we at present 



know, onl}' in one part of the hill country in the 

 Poona district, and, perhaps, also near Khanapur 

 in the Belgnum district of the Bomhay Presidency. 

 As a wild grasrs, it is also distributed throughout 

 tropical and temperate I'egions. 



(3) S. intermedi;!, Roem and Scli., and 



(4) S. verticillata, Bcaur., are two very closely allied 



species, abounding during the rains in rich soil in 

 low-lying places and often where refuse has been 

 thrown, but useless as fodder on account of their 

 harsh nature. Duthie, however, sa3's of the latter 

 that cattle will eat it when young, that is, before 

 the Howering spikes appear and that the grain is 

 eaten by poor people. Symonds reinarks that 

 cattle will not eat it, so it is considered a trouble- 

 some weed wherever found, and that it is common 

 about rubbish heaps all over India. 



