82 CLXXIII. GRAMINE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) [Setaria. 



S. LUXTTRIANS, Willd. Her}), ex Spreng. Syst. \. 305; Kunth Enutn. i. 156 = 

 Panicum Willdenowii, Steud. nom. Ed. II. ii. 265, 8yn. Gram. 54. 

 S. ASPEEA, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 469. 



14. PENNISETU1VC, Pers. 



Annual or perennial grasses. Infl. of involucellate spikelets articulate 

 (in Indian species) on the rachis of a simple spike ; involucels of unequal 

 scabrid or plumose filiform simple or branched bristles. Spikelets 1-3 in 

 each involucel, sessile or very shortly pedicelled, inarticulate at the base 

 and persistent, 1-2-fld., ovoid, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Glumes 3-4, 

 I-III hyaline; I smallest or 0, II and III 5-nerved, subequal or II shortest, 

 rarely absent ; III paleate or not, male or neuter ; IV coriaceous, bisexual 

 or fern., articulate at the base and deciduous. Stamens 3, anthers long. 

 Styles long, free or connate below. Grain free within the gl., oblong, 

 orbicular or pyriform. Species probably 30-40 of all warm countries. 



The synonomy of the species is almost inextricable, and as here given for the 

 Indian species is open to correction in some cases. Dr. Stapf has kindly revised 

 them with me. 



Sect. I. PENICILLARIA. Anther-cells with bearded tips. Styles con- 

 nate. 



P. TYPHOIDETJM, Rich, in Pers. Syn. i. 72; Del. Fl. JEgypt. 17, 

 t. 8, f. 3 ; Trin. Diss. ii. 71 Ctyphm'desi ; Boiss. FL Orient, v. 447 ; Trim. 

 Cat. Ceyl. PI. 106; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 11, Field & Gard. Crops, 30, 

 t. 71, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 18 ; Lisboa, in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. v. 

 (1891) 339. P. alopecuroidgs, Spreng. Syst. i. 303 (in part). Rcereaje, 

 Trin. in Mem. AcadrjPetersb. Ser. vi. iii. II (1835) 185. P^cylipdricum, 

 Sw. ex Trin. Diss. ii. 70. F. giganteum, Tenore ex Steud. Nom. Ed. 11. ii. 

 297. P. Linnaeij Kunth Items'. Gram. i. 49. P. megastachyujn, Steud. 

 Syn. Gram. iud. P^picajaim, Roem. & Sch. Syst. n. 499. r. yiolaceum, 

 Rich, in Pers. Syn.\. 1 T. Penicillaria alopecuro.ides, Sweet Hort. Brit. 

 Ed. I. 440 ; A. Braun Ind. Sem. Hort. BeroC(I855), App. 25. Ppny,. 

 ciliata. Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 1037. ^ejii.,_chinen^s, Nees ex A. Br. 

 I. c ..20. Penic. cylindrica, Roem. & Sch. I. c. 498 (non J\ees). Penic. i'allax. 

 Fiff. v 4" ^^ i n Mem. Kcad. Tor. II, xii. (1852) 371. Penic. ipvolu^rata. 

 Sctiult. Mant. ii. 283 ; Schlecht. in Linnssa, xxv. (1852), 5^K! P^nic. nigrj- 

 tarum & Sieberiana, Schlecht. I. c. 561, 565. Penic. Plukeneti, Link Enum. 

 Hort. Berol. 1. 221 ; Nees Fl. Afr. Austr. 72. Penic. JAflZBMghii, A. Br. & 

 Bouche Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 1. c. 26. Penjg. typhoiclfia & Raddiana, Fig. 

 & Not. 1. c. 371, 373. Peni&s^lilaxia, Stokes Bot Mat. Med?rrttX9. Penic. 

 BE&a+Willd. 1. c.; Beauv. Agrost58, 1. 13, f. 4; Wall. Cat. n. 8644 ; Anderss. 

 in Walp. Ann. vi. 966; Kunth Enum. Pi. i. 165, Suppl. 120, t. 11, f. 1; 

 Jacq. Eclog. Gram. 1. 17 ; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab. PL 163. Panicum smcatum, 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 283. Baj. amp.ricanum. Linn. Sp. PI. "06. Cenchins 

 a^opecuroiiles, Thunb. Prodr. FL Cap. 24. C. p^njceus, Hey tie ex Wall. 

 Cat. n. ^650. C. spicatus, Cav. Descr. 304, 614. Holcus panicitormis, Roxb. 

 Ic. ined. n. 896. H. racemosus, Forsk. Fl. && Arab. 1/5. jj'rspicatus, 

 Linn. Syst. Ed. x. T3U5 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 238 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. Suppl.'$9. AlojijimsJttdicns, Linn. Syst. Ed Murray 92 (excl. Syn. 

 Pluk.). A tv^hoidQS^Burm. f. Fl. Ind. 27. Penicillaria, Wall. Cat. n. 

 8644,8650. 



Throughout the hotter parts of INDIA, cultivated or an escape ; also all Africa and 

 S. Europe. 



