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Besides the two above mentioned there are other applications of 
the name germanica and a chronological table of some of these uses 
may be of interest. 
(1768) Miller, Gard. Diet., ed. 8, no. i (1768) previously discussed. 
(1788) Roth, Tent. Fl. Germ. 1 : 27(1788); 2: 71 (1789) as Pamcww 
germanicum. A comparison with P. italicum is given in volume two 
and four points of difference noted: of these, ''3 Spiculis conglobatis 
nec elongatis. 4 Involucellis floribus brevioribus: nec triplo longi- 
oribus." The exact form is indeterminable, one of the short-setaed 
variations of Setaria italica. 
(1797) Willdenow, Sp. PI. i: 336 (1797), previously discussed. 
(1802) Koeler, Descr. Gram. 16 (1802) as Panicum italicum Var. i 
Germanicum. The main point of his description is ''setis spiculas non 
superantibus." I cannot place this further than to say it is a form of 
the Moharium group with very short setae. 
(1802) Host, Ic. Gram. Austr. 2: 12, t. 15 (1802) as Panicum 
germanicum. The description covers the plate which is of a plant 
of the Moharium group — dense panicled — with rather long purple 
setae and straw-colored fruit and is readily determined as subvar. 
Metzgeri. The description is broad enough to include other forms. 
(1805) Lamarck, in Lam. & DC. Fl. Fr. ed. 3, 3: 14 (1805) as 
Panicum italicum ^ Germanicum. Lamarck says . . les fleurs 
sont entourees de barbes tres-coutres dans le variete jS, . . . ." The 
form is not determinable, but more stress is laid on the length of the 
setae than on the size or shape of panicle. Probably a form of the 
lobed group with short setae. 
(1812) Beauvois, Agrost. 51, 169, 178 (1812) as Setaria germanica. 
Transfer of name, only, based on Panicum germanicum Willd. cf. 
p. 169. I prefer to leave the form unstated though as far as the name 
is concerned it would belong under vslt.^ Hostii. 
(1817) Roemer and Schultes, Syst. Veg. 2: 492 (1817) as Setaria 
germanica. The description is copied from Willd. Sp. PL, but their 
remarks lead me to believe they had one of the other variations, which 
one I cannot decide. 
(1827) Link, Hort. Berol. i: 219 (1827) as Setaria germanica. 
Part of the description reads "Setae sursum scabrae spiculis 6-8 plo 
longiores interdum brevissimae aut deficientes" showing that he had 
several variants. 
(1829) Trinius, Spec. Gram. 2: t. 199 (1829) as Panicum italicum 
