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*6. Setaria italica, Beauv. Agrost. (1812), 51; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ, t 47; 

 Aitchis. Cat. Pan jab PI. 162 ; Duthie Grass. N. W. Ind. 8, Field and Gard. 

 Crops 5, t. 25, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 15 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii 467 ; Hook. f. 

 F. B. I. vii, 78; Prain Beng. PL 1170; Haines Bot. Bihar & Orissa 988.— 

 Panicum italicum, Linn. Sp. PL (1753), 56; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i, 302; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. Suppl. 98. — Pennisetum macrochaetum, Jacq. Eclog. Gram, iii, 36, t. 25.- 

 Rheede Hort. Malab. xii, t. 79- For other references see Hook, f . I.e. 

 Vern. Names : Italian millet, foxtail millet, rala. 



Description : Annual. Culms erect, tufted, 0'6— 1*5 m. high = Leaves linear 

 or lanceolate-linear, acuminate, 7-10 mm. broad or broader. Sheath densely 

 ciliate on margin and mouth. Panicle 7-13 cm. long, 10 mm. wide or more, 

 dense, inclined or nodding, simple, cylindric or lobed or compound ; rhachis 

 very hairy. Spikelets oval, 2-2*5 mm. long, in small clusters on the abbreviat- 

 ed branchlets of the panicle, with 2-3 bristles below each pedicel, bristles 

 nearly smooth or microscopically barbellate, 5-8 mm. long, barbs suberect or 

 spreading. Lower involucral glume oblong or subglobose, hyaline, smooth ; 

 upper ovate, obtuse or rounded, about f the length of the upper floral glume, 

 5-nerved. Lower floral glume hyaline, delicately 4-5-nerved, as long as and 

 same shape as the upper floral glume, but not concave. Upper floral glume 

 oval or elliptic or subglobose, concave, hardening, variable in length, not 

 rugose but smooth and microscopically cancellate. 



Locality: Konkan: Bombay, cultivated in compound of the Training College 

 (McCann 4286 !) ; Bassein, Botanic Garden (Jo.-hi !) ; Chowpatti, Bombay 

 (Herb. S.X.C. 4299 \).—Deccan : Ganeshkhind Botanic Gardens(Patwardhan !). 

 —S. M. Country: Dharwar, cultivated (Talbot 2014!). 



Extensively cultivated throughout as a food-grain. 



Distribution: Most warm, temperate and tropical countries. 



Origin: See DeCandoUe, Origin of cultivated plants, p. 378. 



57. Spinifex, Linn. Mant. ii, (1771), 163 ; Cke. ii, 913. 

 Species 4,-1 in India, 3 in Australia. 



1. Spinifex squarrosus, Linn. Mant. (1771), 300; Lam. 111. t. 840 ; Duthie 

 Grass. N. W. Ind. 11 ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 415 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat iii, 474 ; 

 Hook. f. F.B.L vii, 63 ; Grab. Cat. 240 ; Trim. H. Ceyl . v. 5 ; Prain Beng. PL 

 1168 ; Cke. ii, 913; Haines Bot. Bihar & Orissa 1010.— Stipa littorea, Burm. 

 f. FL Ind. 29. —Stipa spinifex, Linn. Mant. i, 84 ; Rheede Hort. Mai. xii, t. 75 



Description: Cke. I.e. 



Locality: Gujarat: Near Domas (Cooke).— Konkan: Vengurla (Chibber !) ; 

 Juvem (McCann 4263 !) ; Versova (McCann 9827 !) ; Bandra (Blatter !) ; sandy 

 shores near Bandra (Graham) ; Shrivardhan (Woodrow) — Kanara : Sandy sea 

 shore, Karwar (Sedgwick & Bell 5057!, 5056!); Kumpta (Chibber!, 

 Woodrow); Honavar, very common (McCann!, Chibber!); Onore (Talbot 

 1073!). 



Distribution: India, Ceylon, Java, China. 



Uses: A valuable sand-binding plant. 



58. TRiCHOLiENA, Schrad. in Schult. Mant. ii (1824), 163 ; Cke. ii, 924. 

 Species 10-12.— Chiefly African. The following 2 in the Bombay Presidency. 



1. Tricholaena Teneriffae, Parlat. in Welb. & Berth. Phyt. Canar. iii, pt. 2 

 (1848), 425; Hook. f. F.B.I, vii, 65; Cke. ii, 924.-- Saccharum Teneriffcs, 

 Linn. f. Suppl. 106. — For further synonyms see Hook. f. I.e. 



Description: Cke. I.e. 



Locality: Sind : Laki (Bhide !) ; Thano-Bullo-Khan (Woodrow). 



Distribution: Punjab, W. Peninsula ; westward to Sicily and N. Africa. 



2. Tricholffina Wightii, Nees ex Steud, Syn. Gram. (1855), 93 ; Lisboa in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. v, (1890), 347 ; Hook. f. F.B.I, vii, 65 ; Cke. ii, 925.- 

 RhynchelytrumWightii, Duthie Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 21.— For further synonyms 

 see Hook. f. I.e. 



Description : Cke. I.e. 



Locality : Konkan : Commonly cultivated in gardens in Bombay (McCann !); 

 Sewri, probably an escape (Hallberg 3592 !).— Deccan : Diva Ghat (McCann 



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