80 CLXXIII. GRAMINE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Setaria. 



part) Gr. S. glaiica, Hochst. PL Hohenack. n. 937. Panicum intermedium, 

 Moth Nov. Sp. 47 ; Thw. Enum. 361. 



Plains and lower hills of INDIA, but^liot common. HIMALAYA, the PAN JAB, 

 to BENGAL, CENTEAL INDIA, and the NILGHIEI HILLS. CEYLON, in shady places, 

 Thwaites. DISTKIB. Temp, and trop. regions. 



Undistinguishable from 8. verticillata except by the barbs of the bristles of the 

 involucel not being reversed. It is probably a common but overlooked grass. 



4. S verticillata, Beauv. Agrost. 51 ; panicle subpyramidal or sub- 

 spiciform, lower involncels in segregate clusters, bristles with reversed 

 barbs, gl. IV minutely rugulose. Kunth Enum. PI. i. 152; Wall. Gat. n. 

 8642 A. B. 0. D in part, E. F. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 294; Aitch. 

 Cat. Panjab PL 162; Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PL 105; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 

 9, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 15; Benth. FL Austral, vii. 494; Host Gram. 

 Austr. 1. 13 ; Reichb. Ic. FL Germ. t. 47 ; T. Nees Gen. Fl. Germ. Monoc. n. 22. 

 S. floribunda, Spreng. Syst. i. 305 ; Wall. Cat. n. 8642 B. S. nnbica. Link. 

 Hort. Berol. i. 220. S. respiciens, Hochst. ex Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 467. 

 S. verticilliformis, Dum. Fl. Belg. 150. S. Rottleri, Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 

 304; Steud. Syn. Gram. 153. PS. tomentosa, Kunth Revis. Gram. i. 47; 

 Enum. PL i N 157. Panicum Aparine, Steud. 52. P. adhaerens, ForsJc. Fl. 

 JEgypt. Arab. 20. P. asperum, Lamk. FL Fr. iii. 577. P. floribundum, 

 Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. i. 306. P. humile, Trin. Gram. Panic. 167. P. 

 italicum, Ucria, Hort. Reg. Panorm. 54. P. respiciens, Hochst. ex Steud. 

 1. c. 52. P. rude, Lamlc. ex Steud. Nom. Ed. 1, 589, 772. ? P. tomentosum, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 301. P. verticillatum, Linn. Sp. PL Ed. II, 82 ; Roxb. Fl. 

 Ind. i. 301 ; Thw. Enum. 361; Trin. Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 202. P. viride, Desf. 

 Fl. Atlant. i. 58. Pennisetum verticillatum, Br. Prodr. 195. Penn. respi- 

 ciens, A. Rich. Tent. FL Abyss, ii. 379. 



Throughout INDIA, in shady places, ascending the Himalaya to 6000 ft. CEYLON, 

 not very common. DISTEIB. Temp, and trop. regions. 



Annual. Habit of 8. glauca but usually more flaccid. Leaves sometimes 1 in. 

 broad, scaberulous. Panicle 27 in. long, erect or curved, green ; bristles of involucel 

 one or few, about ^ in. long, flexuous. Spikelets 1*5 12 in. ; gl. I about = | III ; II 

 about = IV which is nearly smooth and shining. 



5. S. viridis, Beauv. Agrost. 51 ; panicle spiciform cylindric often 

 interrupted, bristles of involucel 3-6 with erect or spreading barbs, gl. IV 

 oblong minutely punctulate or subrugulose. Kunth Enum. i. 151 ; Aitch. 

 Cat. Panjab. PL 162 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 467 ; Host Gram. Austr. ii. 

 t. 14 ; Fl. Dan. t. 352 ; Reichb. Ic. FL Germ. t. 47 ; Sous. FL Orient, v. 

 443 ; Benth. FL Austral, vii. 494 ; Griseb. FL Brit. W. Ind. 554 ; Duthie 

 Grass. N.W. Ind. 9. S. affinis, Schult. Mant. ii. 275. S. ambigua, Guss. 

 FL Sic. Syn. i. "114. S. chlorantha, Schur Enum. PI Transs. 723. S. 

 decipiens, 0. Schimp, ex Nym. Consp. 787. S. imberbis & Weinmanni, 

 Roem. & Schult. Syst. ii. 891, 490. S. nana, Dum. Obs. Gram. Belg. 139. S. 

 penicillata, Wall. Cat. n. 8640 D. S. villosa, Beauv. Agrost. 51. Panicum 

 bicolor, Moench. Meth. 206. P. cynosuroides, Scop. FL Cam. Ed. II. i. 50. 

 P. humile, Thunb. ex Trin. Gram. Panic. 164. P. imberbe, Poir. Encycl. 

 Suppl. iv. 272. P. Isevigatum, Lam. Fl. Fr. iii. 578. P. psilocaulum, Steud. 

 Syn. Gram. 50. P. purpurascens, Opiz. in Flora, v. 266 ; Raddi ex Nees 

 Agrost. Bras. 240. P. quale Linngei, Krock Fl. Siles. i. 88. P. reclinatum, 

 Vill. Hist. PL Dauph. ii. 64. P. tejucense, Nees ex Trin. Gram. Panic. 166. 

 P. viresceus, Salzm. ex Doell in Mart. Fl.Bras. ii. IT, 157. P. viride, Linn. 



