Fennisetum.'] OLXXiii. GRAMiNEaj. (J. D. Hooker.) 87 



II. (1835) 184; annual, spikes dense-fld., rachia glabrous, spikelets 

 i in. solitary or_ geminate shortly pedioelled in the sessile involucels, 

 bristles densely villous, gl. I very small oblong woolly, II broadly oblong 

 apiculate 7-nerved, III = IV truncate 6-nerved tip toothed, IV lanceolate 

 acute smooth shining. P. lanuginosum, Sochst. in Flora xxv. (1842), 

 Beibl. i. 133 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 385 ; Steud. 8yn. Oram. 107 ; 

 Lisboa in Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. v. (1891) 339. P. amoenum, A. 

 Rich. l.c. 386. P. lanatum, Serb. Ham. ex Wall. Cat. n. 8647. P. 

 implicatum, Steud. l.c. 107 (ex descr.). P. intertextum, Schleeht. in Bot. 

 Zeit. vs. (1851) 878. Briochaeta denaiflora, nervosa & secundiflora, Fig. et 

 Be Not. in Mem. Ace. Torin. Ser. II. xiv. (1854) 375-378.— Pennisetum, 

 Wall. Cat. I. e. 



Bajpootana and BandAj ou Mt. Abu, Duthie. Behae, at Monghyr, 

 Ramilton ; Hazaribagh and on Parusnath, Clarice. — Distbie. Afr. trop. 



Sterns 1-3 ft., branched from the base and above, leafy. Leaves 6-10 by i-J in., 

 flat, flaccid, glabrous or sparsely hairy. Spikes 2-5 in.; rachis notched ; involucels 

 qnite sessile ; outer bristles short, inner J in. long; densely villous below the middle, 

 flexuGus, very unequal, pale. Spikelets with the pedicel and often the base of the 

 lower glumes woolly ; tip of gl. IV hispid. 



9. P. setosum, RicJi. in Pers. Syn. ii. 729 {excl. syn.) ; annual, 

 peduncle and rachis of spike glabrous, spikelets -j^ in. solitary in the 

 sessile involucels, bristles J-j in. sparsely ciliate, gl. I minute or 0, II 

 oblong cuspidate 5-nerved, III shorter tlian 11 oblong truncate 3-toothed 

 5-nerved, IV ovoid tip ciliate. Trin. Diss, ii, 66, Pan. Oen. 95, Sp. 

 Gram. Ic. t. 20 ; Nees in Mart. Fl. Bras. ii. II. 305 ; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. 

 Ind. 655; Baker Fl. Maurit. 441. P. barbatum, Schult, Mani. ii. 147; 

 Nees Agrost. Bras. 283 ; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 163 ; Steud. Si/n. Oram. 108. 

 P. breve, Nees I. c. 281. P. ciliatum, Pari, in Hook. Niger Flora, 184. 

 P. ciliares. Herb. Sam. ex] Wall. Cat. n. 8640 A. P. dasystachum, Desv. Opusc. 

 {ex descr.) 76. P. elegans, Nees ex Steud. I. c. 105. P. flavescens, Presl Bel. 

 Hsenk.i. 316 (ex descr.). P. hirsatum, Nee.i Agrost. Bras. 284. P. holcoides, 

 Schult. I. c. 148 ; Duthie Orass. N. W. Ind. 10, Indig. Fodd. Orass. t. 49, Fodd. 

 Grass. N. Ind. 17. P. graoile, Benth. in Sooh. Niger Fl. 564. P. intertextum. 

 Herb. Ham. ex Wall. Cat. 8648. P. myurus. Pari, in Atti Riun. Ott. Be. 

 Ital. 586. P. pallidum, Nees Agrost. Bras. 185 (eaj descr.). P. polysta- 

 chynm, Schult. I. c. 146 ; Nees in Hooh. Niger Fl. 563. P. purpurascens, HB. 

 ^ K. Nov. Oen. & Sp. i. 113 ; Nees I. c. 282 ; Kunth I. c. 160. P. Eichardi, 

 Kunth Revis. Gram. i. 49, 255, t. 39, Enum. 161. P. Sieberi, Kunth 

 Revis. i. 49 (ex parte) ii. 877. P. tennispiculatum, Steud. I. c. 107 {e.v descr.) 

 P. triticoides, Boem. |- Sch. Syst. ii. 877. P. uniflorum, H.B. 8f K. I. c. 

 t. 34. P. violaceum, Hort. ex Trin. Diss. ii. 67 {non Rich.). G-ymno- 

 thrix Thouarii, Herb. Ham. ex Wall. Cat. n. 8645 A. {non Beauv.). Peni- 

 oillaria oiUaris, Herb. Ham. I. t. u. 8646 A. Panioam Alopeouros, LamJc. 



III. i. 169 ; Eneycl. iv. 739. Pan. barbatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 282 ; Wall. 

 Cat. n. 8646 0. Pan. cenchroides, Rich, in Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Par. i. 

 (1792) 106. Pan. densispica, Povr. Eneycl. Suppl. iv. 273. Pan. holcoides, 

 Roxb. I. c. 285, Ic. ined. n. 784. Pan. polystaohyum, Schult. Mant. ii. 146. 

 Pan. triticoides, Poir. I. c. 274. Setaria cenchroides, Roem,. ^ 8eh. 

 Syst. ii. 495. Cenchrus setosus, Sw. Prod/r. Teg. Ind. Occ. 26 {excl. si/n.). 

 — Penniseti sp.. Wall. Cat. n. 8646, 8648. 



TJppEE Ganoetio Plain, at Cawnpore {Herb. Wight). The Circaes ; in culti- 

 vated ground among the mts., Roxburgh. Bengal, Behab, and Chota Naqfoee. 

 — DiSTBiB. Afric. and Amer. trop. 



