154 PANICACE^. 



blades flat, nearly smooth, twisted, 10-17 cm. long, 3-4 mm. wide, 

 the tips slender. Spikes liglit green, rutlier dense, 5-8 em. long, 7 

 mm. diam. Spi^elets 2-4 in a cluster, having 3-3 bristles (3-10 

 mm. long), each with asperities pointing npwards, oval, almost 

 pointed, gibbous, 2.5 mm. long, tirst glume lialf the length of the 

 spikelet, 3-nerved, second but little longer than the first and 5- 

 nerved, third 5-nerved, as long as the fertile floret and including a 

 palea of its own length; fertile floret very slightly wrinkled trans- 

 versely when seen with a lens. Index Kewensis includes this under 

 Setitriti jJava. 



Florida, G. V. Nash 5GG in 1804. 



7. C. iTALiCA (L.)Kuntze, Kev. Gen. PI. 7G8(18r»l). Italian 

 MiLLKT. J'aiiicnw Jfalicwii L. Sp. PI. 5(3 (1753). Sctaria Jlalica 

 liciuiv. Agrost. 51 (1812). 



Culms smooth, stout, branched, 90-240 cm. high. Leaf-blades 

 flat, rough, lanceolate. 20-40 or more cm. long, 15-25 mm. wide. 

 Spikes compound, green or purplish, the rays well filled and con- 

 tiguous, or the lower ones a little distant, nodding, 20-40 cm. long, 

 15-25 mm. diam., bristles 1-3 for each spikelet, with asperities 

 pointing upward, very variable in length. Spikelets narrowly obo- 

 void when in flower, 3 mm. long, first glume one-third the length 

 of the spikelet, 3-nerved. second three-fourths as long as the spike- 

 let, 5-7-nerved ; floral glume of the neuter floret 5-nerved, its palea 

 small or wanting; fertile floret finely rugose transversely under a 

 lens. 



A very variable plant, as m.^^H be expected when we consider 

 the wide range of soil and climate in which it is cultivated. 



Introduced from the East Indies. For a more extended account 

 consult Vol. 1, p. 175. 



8. C. compo8ita(H. B. K.). Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 709(1801). 

 Setaria composita II. H. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. 1:111 (1815). 



PanivuH) couipnsi'fuDi Nees. Agrost. Bras. 244 (1829). 



Culms smooth, CO-130 cm. high. Throat and margins of sheath 

 hairy; l)lades rough, linear-lanceolate, 20-30 cm. long, 15-20 mm. 

 wide. Spikes loose, compound, slightly nodding. 2(^-30 cm. long. 

 some of the rays often 15-20 mm. long; bristles single or in pairs. 



