GRASSES OF IOWA. 89 



King); Hamilton to Hancock County (Preston); Ruck. Rapids, Keo- 

 kuk County, Forest City, Johnson County (Shimek) ; 808 Kossuth 

 County (Pammel and C ratty); Decatur County (Fitzpatrick) ; In- 

 dianola (Carver) ; 1085 Fayette (Fink) ; Dysart (Miss Sirrine) ; West 

 Union (Whitmore) ; Jewell Junction (Carver) ; Cedar Rapids (Miss 

 Hall) ; 692 Glenwood (Jackson) ; Montrose (Osborn) ; Sioux City 

 (Miss Wakefield) ; ,712 Amana (Schadt) ; 23 Forest City (Shimek) ; 

 Mr. Pleasant (Mills) ; Lawler (P. H. Rolfs) ; Battle Creek (Preston) ; 

 Van Cleve (Warden); 1136 Durant (Weaver); Alden (Stevens); 

 Boone (Carver) ; West Union (Whitmore) ; Le Claire (F. M. Rolfs) ; 

 Indianola (Carver) ; Johnson County (Fitzpatrick) ; 716 Dixon (Sny- 

 der) ; Plymouth County (Brown). 



North America. From Maine, New York (Washington County, 

 Parry) ; Connecticut (Glastonbury, Wilson), New Jersey (Shelton, 

 Halsted), District of Columbia (Washington, Vasey), south to Flor- 

 ida; Alabama to Texas (Buckley), Mexico, Utah to Colorado (Ft. 

 Collins, Cowen), Nebraska (Grand Island, Broken Bow 18, 74, Pam- 

 mel; Crete, Pammel, 200; Kearney, Holms), the Dakotas, Iowa, Min- 

 nesota (Sand Lake, Sandberg), (Winona, Holsinger), Wisconsin 

 (La Crosse, 3127 D. S. Pammel; La Crosse, Pammel), Illinois (Chi- 

 cago, Pammel) ; Nova Scotia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. 



General. Great Britain through Germany, Denmark and warmer 

 portions of Europe generally. Asia (India), China, Japan, Africa, 

 Australia and South America. 



4. SETARIA ITALICA. 



Panicum Italicum L. Sp. PI. 56. 1753. 

 . Setaria Italica Beauv. Agros. 51. 1812. R. & S. Syst. 2: 423. 1817. 



Setaria Italica Kunth. Watson and Coulter in Gray Man. Bot. 634. 

 1890. (6 ed.) Scribner. Grasses of Term . Bull. Univ. Tenn. Agrl. Exp. 

 Sta. 7: 56. f. 64. 1894. 



Chamaeraphis Italica (L.) Kuntze. Rev. Gen. PI. 768. 1891. Beal. 

 Grasses of N. A. 2: 154. 1896. 



Ixophorus Italicus (L.) Nash. Nash in Britton and Brown. 111. Fl. 1: 

 127. f. 2S3. 1896. Bull. Torr. Bot. Club. 22: 423. 1895. 



Chaetochloa Italica (L.) Scribner. Bull. U. S. Dept. Agrl. Div. 

 Agros. 7: 74. /. 68. 1900. (3d ed.) Scribner and Merrill. Bull. U. S. 

 Dept. Agrl. Div. Agros. 21: 20. f. 9. 1900. Bull. U. S. Dept. Agrl. Div. 

 Agros. 4: 39.1897. 



♦The Setaria Germanica is considered a good species by some botanists. 



Setaria Germanica Beauv. Agros. 51. 1812. Scribn. Grasses of Tenn. Bull. Univ. 

 Tenn. Agrl. Exp. Sta. 7: 56. 1894. Panicum Qermanicum (Mill.) Gard. Diet. 1. 1758. (8th 

 ed. ) Chaetochloa Italica var. Germanica (Mill. ) Scribn. Scribner. Am. Grasses. Bull. I". S. 

 Dept. Agrl. Div. Agros. 21: 21. 



DESCRIPTION. 



German Millet. —A caespitose annual, from 1 to :i feet (3-9 dm. ) high, with narrow 

 panicles, about y 2 inch (1 cm.) in diameter, and long, usually purple setae, some forms 

 approaching Setaria viridis. 



