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a) germanica. Based on Panicum germanicum Willd. and hence 
referable to var. Hostii as to name and probably as to description. 
Exclude the synonym P. italica var. brevisetum Do e\\ which is another 
form. 
(1891) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 2: 767 (1891) as ChamaerapMs 
italica 8 germanica. The synonymy given is Panicum germanicum 
L. non Roth; P. maritimum Lam. To what Kuntze refers as P. 
germanicum L. I am not certain as the following is the nearest 
approach to such a combination that I can find in Linnaeus' works 
and the only reference given, in Linnaeus Codex. Linnaeus, Mant. 2 : 
323 (1771) ''italicum. Panicum germanicum multo minus est, spica 
ovata, nec elongata." This is in the section of the Mantissa headed 
Observationes in Species Plantarum cum Emendationibus et Animad- 
versionibus, and is certainly only a comment on the German form of 
S. italica. Panicum maritimum Lam. is indeterminable as to form. 
(1897) Scribner, U. S. Div. Agrost. Bull. 6: 32 (1897) as Chaetochloa 
italica germanica. Transfer, only, based on Panicum germanicum 
Mill, and consequently referable to subvar. germanica. 
(1899) Ascherson and Graebner, Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2^: 77 (1899) 
as Panicum viride [subsp.] B. P. italicum B. germanicum. This refers 
to some form that has the setae a little longer than the spikelets. 
(1900) Scribner and Merrill, U. S. Div. Agrost. Bull. 21: 21 (1900) 
as Chaetochloa italica germanica. This is based on Panicum ger- 
manicum Mill, and is referable to subvar. germanica as to name and 
possibly to subvar. Metzgeri as to plant. 
(1902) Hitchcock, in Bail. Cycl. Am. Hort. 4: 1662 (1902) as 
Setaria italica var. germanica. Based on Panicum germanicum Mill., 
but the authority given for the combination is Richter who based his 
combination on P. germanicum Willd. which is a different form. Prof. 
Hitchcock describes the plant as follows: A smaller form more nearly 
approaching the wild 6*. viridis: bristles much longer than the spikelets 
which would apply to subvar. germanica very well." 
(1906) Dalla Torre and Sarntheim, Fl. Tirol. 6^: 158 (1906) as 
Panicum italicum stirps germanica. Based on P. germanicum Mill, 
and referable to subvar. germanica [exclude synonym Setaria germanica 
Beauv. which is uncertain as to form, cf. (1812) Beauvois]. 
(1908) Hitchcock, in Gray Man., ed. 7, 119 (1908) as Setaria italica 
var. germanica. For discussion see (1902) Hitchcock. The descrip- 
tion and form referred to are not the same as in the Cyclopedia as 
