G. A. GAMMIK. 



breadth at the hase of each branch more than ^ their 



length - (a). S. itahca (type). 



Spikes straw-coloured, with long bristles, secondary 

 spikes, too closely aggregated to show a spiral 

 ai'raiigement. . 2 (b). S. italica. Var. nov. barbata. 

 Spikes purple brown, uppermost branches only crowded, 

 lower secondary spikes much laxer than in the last, 

 their breadth at the base of each branch equal to |- 



or less than h their length. 



2 (c). S. italica. Var. nov. purpurea. 

 Spikes brown, crowded, cylindrical or slightly club- 

 shaped, broad at apex, almost erect, bristles only 



slightly exceeding the spikelets 



2 (d). S. italica. Var. nov. typhoidea. 

 1. Setaria glauca, Beanr., Agrost. 51 ; Hooker Fl. Br. Ind., 

 Vll, p. 78 ; Dah. d: (ribs.. Bomb. Fl.,p. 293 ; Duthie, Grasses of 

 N. IT'. India. />. S : Indigenous Fodder Grasses, p>^- ^ '< 

 Fodder Grasses of Nortliern India, }). 14; Lisboa, Bombay 

 Grasses, p. 33 ; MoUison, Text Book on. Indian Agriculture, III, 

 p. 67 ; Symonds, Indian Grasses, j)- 42, p/. XXVI. 



Vera. — Marathi (as a grain crop), Barati ; (as a grass) 

 Hindustani, Bandra, Bandri ; Marathi, Bliadli. 



One to two feet high, densely tufted. Leaves pale green, 

 rather weak and narrow, smooth below, scabrous above, ligtde 

 minute, .3— 4-sected. Spikes erect, yellow, narrow, completely 

 cylindrical, the lower half often barren, 1 to 6 inches long by ^ 

 inch broad, including the bristles which are yellow and ^ inch 

 long, pointing upwards, barbed, 6 to 8 in each spikelet. Spikelets 

 ^ inch long, green, sessile on the slender axis of the spike. Glume 

 I, minute, II equal to h VV, 3-nerved, III paleate equal to IV, 

 which is coriaceous white and transversely rugose, its pale is 

 also white. 



Cultivated as a kharif crop in the Mulshi Petha of the 

 Poona district, and probably also near Khanapui- in the Belgaum 

 district. 



