Sejph 30, 1928.1 Revision of the Flora of the Bombay Presidency \% 



Ecou. Bot. Poona \).—fCanara: Sirsi-Siddhapur (Hallberg & McCann A117 !) $ 

 Tinai Ghat (Gammie 15791 !). 



Usually inhabiting marshy and swampy places -such as rice fields and the 

 banks of tanks. 



It is doubtful as to whether Woodrow^s plant from Sind was correctly named 

 as this grass is one of moist regions. 



Distribution : Tropical and S. Africa, India, Ceylon, Malaya. 



56. SErARiA, P. Beauv. Agrost. 51, t. xiii, fig. in" ; Cke, ii, 918. 



(In 1897 F Lamson Scribner (in U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Agrost. Bull, iv, 38) 

 proposed the name Chcsiochloa for the grasses generally known as Setaria, 

 Stapf has given convincing reasons why the old name should be retained. See 

 KewBull (1920), 124-127. 



Species about 100.— Warm regions of the World, a few species common as 

 weeds in the more temperate parts. Cooke has 5 indigenous and 1 cultivated 

 -species. We retain them all. 

 Key : 



A. Leaves more of less plicate 



I. Perennial. Culm reaching 2*4 m. „. 1. S. plicala. 



II. Annual. Culm reaching 0'6 m. ... ... 2. S . rhachitricha, 



B. Leaves flat, not plicate 



AA. Bristles not retrorsally barbellate 



I. Upper floral glume smooth ... ... €. S.italica. 



II . Upper floral glume rugose 



1. Panicle spiciform, continuous ; 



bristles 6 or more... ... ... 3, .S, glauca. 



2. Panicle interrupted or subpyramidal ; 



bristle 1 on pedicel and usually 3-4 



below pedicel ... ... ... i. S. intermedia. 



BB. Bristles retrorsally barbellate ... 5. S. verticillata. 



1. Setaria plicata, T. Cooke in Fl. Bomb, ii, 919.— Panicum plicatum, Lam. 

 HI. 1 (1791), 171; Jacq.Eclog. Gram. i. t. 1; Trin. Gram. Panic. 183, Gen. 

 Pan. 161, Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 223 ; Kunth Enum. PL i, 94 ; Griff. Notul. iii, 24, 

 Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 139, fig. 229 ; Duthie Grass. N, W. Ind. 6, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 

 11 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 411 ; Hook, f . F. B. I. vii, 55 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v, 157. 

 ~— P. amplissimum, Steud. Syn. Gram. 54.— P. asperatum, Kunth Rev. -Gram, 

 i, 39, Enum. PI. 1. c 39 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii, 456.— P. excurrens, Trin. Pan. 

 ■Gen. 131, 249, Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 49; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 412 {excl. syn.).— 

 P. nepalense, Spreng. Syst. 321 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 291 ; Aitchis. Cat. Panjab PI. 

 160.— P. nervosum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I, 311.— P. neurodes, Schult. Mant. II, 228 ; 

 Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 5.— P. Wallichianum, Nees FL Afr, Austr. 49. 



Description : Cke. ii, 919, 



Locality : Konkan •■ Victoria Gardens, Bombay (McCann 5376 !,) ; Parel 

 *{Lisboa) ; western side of the Ghats (Dalzell & Gibson).— Diccan : Linginala,, 

 Mahableshwar, in forest (Sedgwick & Bell 4642 !) ; Panchgani, (Blatter & 

 Hallberg B1234 !, B1235 ! McCann !),— S. M. Country : Belgaum Fort, common 

 all over Belgaum in compounds (Sedgwick 3066!), — Kanara: Kulgi (Talbot 

 •2278 !) ; Halyal (Talbot 2408 !). 



Distribution : India, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula and Islands, China. 



Uses : Sometimes cultivated as an ornamental grass, 



2. Setaria rhachitricha, T. Cooke in Fl. Bomb, ii, 919.— Panicum rhachitri- 

 ichum, Hochst. in Flora 27 (1844), 254 ; Parlat.in Hook. Niger Fl. 187 ; Steud. 

 Syn. Gram. 63 ; Hook. f. F. B. I. vii, 56 ; Prain Beng. PI. 1176.— P. thamaerap- 

 his, Nees ex. A. Braun In. Sem. Hort. Berol, (1853) Append. 20.— (.P. homony- 

 imum, Steud. I.e. 48 ; Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 4 (homogynum). 



Locality : .S. M. Country : Londa (Gammie ex Woodrow). 



We doubt the occurrence of this species in the Presidency. Neither Cooke 

 uor we have seen any specimens. There are none in Herb. Kew, neither do the 

 herbaria of the Presidency contain any. Besides, the distribution of the species 

 is not in favour of its presence in Bombay. 



Distribution : India (subtropical Himalaya, Cho'ta Nagpur, Calcutta), tropi- 

 cal Africa. 



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