80 ciixxiii. GEAMiNB^. (J. D. Hooker.) [Setaria. 



part) Gr. S. glauoa, HocJist. PI. Hohenack. n. 937. Paniciim intermediutn, 

 Roth Nov. Sp. 47 ; Thw. Enum. 361. 



Plains and lower hills of India, but not common. Himalaya, the Panjab, 

 to Behgal, Centeal Inbia, and the Nilghibi Hills. Ceylon, in shady places, 

 TAwiite*.— DiSTKiB. Temp, and trap, regions. 



Undistinguishable from S. verticillata except by the barbs of the bristles of the 

 involucel not being reversed. It is probably a common but overlooked grass. 



4. S. verticillata, Beauv. Agrost. 61 ; panicle snbpyramidal or sub- 

 spiciform, lower involucels in segregate clasters, bristles with reversed 

 barbs, gl. IV minutely rugnlose. Kunth Enurn. Fl. i. 152; Wall. Oat. n. 

 8642 A. B. 0. D in part, B. F. ; Bah. & 6-ibs. Bomb. FL 294 ; Aitch. 

 Oat. Punjab PI. 162; Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 106; Buthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 

 9, Fodd. Orass. N. Ind. 15 ; Benth. Fl. Austral, vii. 494 ; Sost Gram. 

 Austr. 1. 13 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 47 ; T. Nees Gen. Fl. Germ. Monoe. n. 22. 

 S. floribunda, S'preng. 8yst. i. 305; Wall. Oat. n. 8642 E. S. nubioa. Link. 

 Hart. Berol. i. 220. 8. respiciens, Hoclisf. ex Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 467. 

 S. verticilliformis, Dum. Fl. Belg. 150. S. Eottleri, Spreng. 8yst. Teg. i. 

 304; Steud. Syn. Gram. 153. ? S. tomentoaa,, Eunfh Eevis. Oram. I 4:7 ; 

 Enum. PI. i. 157. Panioum Aparine, Steud. 52. P. adhaerens, ForsJc. Fl. 

 JEgypt. Arab. 20. P. asperum, Lamk. Fl. Fr. iii. 577. P. floribundum, 

 Willd. ex Spreng. Syst. i. 306. P. humile, Trin. Gram. Panic. 167. P. 

 italionm, Ucria, Sort. Peg. Panorm. 54. P. respiciens, Hochst. ex Steud, 

 I. c. 62. P. rude, Lamk. ex Steud. Norn. Ed. 1, 589, 772. ? P. tomentosum, 

 Boash. Fl. Ind. i. 301. P. vertioillatum, Linn. Sp. PI. Ed. II, 82 ; Eoxh. Fl. 

 Ind. i. 301 ; Thw. Enum. 361 ; Trin. Sp. Gram. Ic. t. 202. P. viride, Desf. 

 Fl. Atlant. i. 58. Pennisetum rerticillatum, Br. Prodr. 195. Penn. respi- 

 ciens, A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 379. 



Throughout India, in shady places, ascending the Himalaya to 6000 ft. Ceylon, 

 not very common. — Dibteib. Temp, and trop. regions. 



Annual. Habit of S. glauca but usually more flaccid. Leaves sometimes 1 in. 

 broad, scaberulous. Panicle 2-7 in. long, erect or curved, green ; bristles of involucel 

 one or few, about ^ in. long, flexuous. Spikelets -iL_l2 in. ; gl. I about = i III ; II 

 about = IV which is nearly smooth and shining. 



5. S. viridis, Beauv. Agrost. 61 ; panicle spiciform oylindric often 

 interrupted, bristles of involucel 3-6 with erect or spreading barba, gl. IV 

 oblong minutely punotulate or snbrugulose. Eunth Enum. i. 151 ; Aitch. 

 Oat. Panjab. PL 162 ; Miq. FL Ind. Bat. iii. 467 ; MoH Gram. Austr. ii. 

 t. 14 ; FL Ban. t. 362 ; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 4,7 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient v. 

 413 ; Benth. FL AustraL vii. 494 ; Griseb. FL Brit. W. Ind. 654 ; Duthie 

 Grass. N.W. Ind. 9. S. affinis, Schult. Mant. ii. 275. S. ambigua, Guss. 

 FL Sic. Syn. i. 114. S. chlorantha, Schtir Enum. PI Transs. 723. S. 

 decipiens, 0. Schimp, ex Nym. Oonsp. 787. S. imberbis & Weinmanni, 

 Roem. & Schult. Syst. ii. 891, 490. S. nana. Bum. Obs. Gram. Belg. 139. S. 

 penicillata, Wall. Cat. n. 8640 D. S. villosa, Beauv. Agrost. 51. Panicum 

 bicolor, Moench. Meth. 206. P. cynosuroides. Scop. FL Oarn. Ed. II. i. 50. 

 P. humile, Thunb. ex Trin. Gram. Panic.' 161. P. imberbe, Poir. Encycl. 

 SuppL iv. 272. P. iKvigatum, Lam. FL Fr. iii. 578. P. psilocaulum, Steud. 

 Syn. Oram. 50. P. purpnrascens, Opiz. in Flora, v. 266 ; Raddi ex Nees 

 Agrost. Bras. 240. P. quale Linnrei, Krock FL Biles, i. 88. P. reclinatum, 

 Vill. Hist. PL Bauph. ii. 64. P. tejucense, Nees ex Trin. Gram. Panic. 166. 

 P. virescens, Salzm. ex Boell in Mart. FL Bras. ii. II, 157. P. viride, Linn. 



