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F. TRACY HUBBARD 
Differs from subvariety Metzgeri in having the setae shorter than 
barely exceeding the spikelets. 
Range. — Only specimen see, Italy — Venetia — Patavium (Padova), 
Fl. Italica Exicc, ser. 2, no. 1002 [Type in Gray herb.]. 
Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. subsp. stramineofructa Hubb. var. 
brunneoseta var. nov. 
Differt imprimis a subspecie colore setarum. Setae flavidi- 
brunneae, longitudine variabiles, ad 17 mm. longae, semper quam 
spiculis multo longiores. Panicula lobulata, 9-27 cm. longa, 15-30 
mm. in diametro. Fructus aliquando fuscostramineus. Spiculae 
2-3 mm. longae. 
Differs from the subspecies chiefly in the color of the setae which 
are yellow brown, variable in length, but always noticeably longer 
than the spikelets, up to 17 mm. long. The panicle is lobulate, 9 to 
27 cm. long, 15 to 30 mm. in diameter. Fruit sometimes dark straw. 
Spikelets 2 to 3 mm. long. 
Range. — Philippines, Luzon, Manguhat in 1906, Bur. Sci. Philipp. 
no. 1344 [Type in Gray herb.]. I have also seen a specimen from 
Tennessee, Robertson in 1873 and several cultural specimens. 
Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. subsp. stramineofructa Hubb. var. 
brunneoseta Hubb. forma brachychaeta forma nov. 
Varietate similis sed setae quam spiculis breviores vel eas paullo 
superantes. Panicula interdum pro longitudine tenuior. 
Like the variety, but the setae shorter than or slightly exceeding 
the spikelets in length, — panicle sometimes relatively more slender. 
Range. — India — Mont. Khasia, Hooker &f Thomson [type in Gray 
herb.] and Formosa — Bankiang, Henry, no. 571 are the only specimens 
of this form I have seen. 
Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. subsp. stramineofructa Hubb. var. 
brunneoseta Hubb. subvar. densior subvar. nov. 
Differt imprimis a varietate panicula densiore compactiore elobata 
vel paululim ad basin lobata, 4-15 cm. longa, 8-23 mm. in diametro. 
Folia saepe grandia usque 40 cm. longa, 37 mm. lata. Fructus inter- 
dum fusco-stramineus. 
Differs from the variety chiefly in the denser more compact panicle 
which is not lobed or very slightly so at the base, 4 to 15 cm. long, 
8 to 23 mm. in diameter. The leaves frequently large up to 40 cm. 
long, 37 mm. broad. The fruit occasionally dark straw. 
Range. — Massachusetts — Weston, Williams in 1895 [Type in 
