Setaria.'] clxxiii. oeamine^. (J. D. Hooker.) 81 



Ed. X. 870; Trin. 8p. Gram. Ic. t. 203. Pennisetum viride, Br. 

 Prodr. 195. 



Temseeate H1UAI.ATA and Western Tibet, aacending: to 11,000 ft., but not 

 common; rare on the plains of India. NiLflHiRi Hills? (perhaps introduced) 

 Meyne (in Eerh. Wallich,. n. 8640 D.). — Disteib. Temp, and subtrop. regions of 

 the Old World. 



Annual. Habit of 8. glawca, but spike-like panicle more interrupted j bristles 

 of involucel 3-6, usually short, green or reddish; spikelets larger and more ovoid, 

 and gl. IV nearly smooth. Ql. 1 = about-^ III, acute ; II and III subequal, 5-7- 

 nerved. 



6. S. gracilllma, Soo^.y. ; leaves long narrow pubescent, peduncles 

 elongate filiform scaberulous, spike-like panicle elongate rachis capillary 

 yillous or pubescent, spikelets minute solitary or in distant shortly 

 pedioelled clusters of 2-3, bristles 1-2 capillary most minutely scaberulous, 

 gl. IV transversely rngulose. 



Cetlok, Gardner (n. 968). 



Whole plant 18 in. high, flaccid, very slender ; stems densely tufted. Leaves 

 8-12 by ^ in., finely acuminate, pubescent on both surfaces, base narrow j sheath 

 narrow, mouth villous. Feduncles 3-4 in., quite erect, rachis hardly flexuous, pedicels 

 pubescent, bristles ereot, often solitary. Spikelets subglobose, glabrous, green ; gl. I 

 = i III, broadly ovate, 3-nerved ; II shorter than IV, 5-7-nerved ; III as long as 

 IV, subacute, 5-nerved, palea large hyaline.; IV pale, coriaceous, acute. — Quite unlike 

 any other species. 



7. S. Forbesiana, Hook. f. ; perennial, tall, erect, leaves linear- 

 lanceolate base rounded, panicle narrowly pyramidal, branches short or 

 elongate, bristles few very rigid, spikelets ovoid, glumes strongly nerved, 

 IV minutely transversely rugulose. Setaria macrostachya, Duthie Grass. 

 N.W. Ind. 9 ; Lisboain Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Hoc. v. (1890) 2 ; Herh.Ind. 

 Or. Sooh. f. & Thorns, (vix H. B. & K.). Panicum Porbesianum, Nees ex 

 Steud. Syn. Gram, 98 ; Anderss. in Walp. Ann. vi. 948. — Panicum, Wall. 

 Cat. n. 8704. 



Tembeeatb Himalaya; from Nepal, ■pTaZMci, to Mishmi, ffr^i^ii, ascending to 

 5000 ft. Khasia Hills, alt. 2-4000 ft. The Conoan, Lisboa. 



Stems 3-5 ft., tufted, as thick as a duck's quill, quite smooth. Leaves 12-18 by 

 ^-| in., finely acuminate, flat, nearly smooth except the margins; sheath glabrous 

 or margins and mouth villous ; ligule of long silky hairs. Panicle 5-12 in., strict, 

 rachjs stout, either narrowly pyramidal with erecto-patent lower branches i-14 in- 

 long, or spiciform with short branches. Involucel of few green or purple stout 

 bristles, i in. long or less. Spikelets -5^-! in., sessile, ovoid, green; gl. I = J III, 

 acute or obtuse, 3-nerved; II shorter than IV, orbicular, subacute or obtuse, 9- 

 nerved;, III = IV, 7-9-nerved, paleate, male or neuter ; IV oblong-ovoid, subacute 

 turgid, white. — Very near Setwria macrostachya, H. B. <fe K. of tropical America 

 and Australia, which diflFers more in habit than any other characters, having a much 

 denser panicle and the leaves very much narrowed at the base. Both are closely 

 allied to Panicum plicatum, but the leaves are not plicate. 



cndbteeminable, &c., species. 

 S. ? CANESCENS, Kunth Eev. Oram. i. 47, Enum. i. 157 = Panicum canescens, 

 Both Nov. 8p. 54 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 54. 



S. FlELDllTGil, 0. Muell. in Sot. Zeit. xix. (1861) 323. Not an Indian grass. 

 S. HIETA, Kunth Eev. Gram. Sf Enum. II. c.c. = Panicum hirtum. Both I. c. 46. 

 P. Eothii, Sfireiig. Syst. i. 310. Oplismenus ? hirtus, Soem. & Sch. Syst. ii. 485, 

 Echinochloa ? hirta, SchuU. Mant. ii. 270. 

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