SET ART A VIRIDIS. 101 



SETARIA VIRIDIS. 



BEAUVOIS. HOOKER AND ARNOTT. PARNELL. KOCH. LINDLEY. 

 BABINGTON. KUNTH. 



PLATE XXXI. B. 



Panicum viride, LINNAEUS. J. E. SMITH. KNAPP. 



" " SCHRADER. LEERS. WILLDENOW. 



" " CURTIS. GRAVES. EHRHART. 



" " HOST. HUDSON. WITHERING. 



" " HULL. REICHENBACH. 



" crus-galli, OEDER. 



The Green Bristle- Grass. 

 Setaria A bristle. Viridis Green. 



AGAIN we have another dubious British Grass to describe, which 

 is also an interesting species. 



It is found in fields near London, Thetford, and Norwich. 



Of no agricultural use. Small birds are fond of the abundant small 

 seeds which it produces. 



Native of France, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Prussia, Spain, 

 Portugal, Norway, Sweden Russia, North Africa, and the United 

 States of America. 



Grows on sandy soil on cultivated land. 



Stem upright, bearing four or five flat, rough, lanceolate leaves, 

 with smooth striated sheaths; upper one shorter than its leaf. Joints 

 four. Inflorescence simple panicled; branches short; rachis hirsute. 

 Spikelets dorsally compressed, crowded, almost sessile, having at the 

 base long, rough, involucral bristles; dentate, teeth pointing upwards, 

 and bristles above twice the length of the spikelet. Each spikelet of 

 two glumes and two florets. Glumes very unequal. Styles two, long 

 and smooth. Stigmas short and plumose. Stamens three. Anthers 



