SETARIA ITALICA AND ITS IMMEDIATE ALLIES 
Gray herb.]. I have also seen specimens from Maine, Louisiana, 
Russia in Asia and China, besides several cultural specimens. 
Setaria ITALICA (L.) Beauv. subsp. rubrofructa nom. nov. Panicum, 
italicum var. erythrospermum Kornicke, Syst. Ubers. Cereal. 19 (1873) 
[not P. erythrospermum Vahl, ex Hornem.]: Kornicke, in Korn. & 
Wern. Handb. Getreideb. i: 274 (1885): Wern. in Korn. & Wern. 
1. c. 2: 892 (1885). 
This form according to Kornicke, in Korn. & Wern. 1. c. i: 274 
(1885) has a long slender, rather open, lobulate panicle up to 21 cm. 
long and 16 mm. in diameter; the setae are green and very long; the 
fruit intensive light red, shiny and is said to be small; the last state- 
ment according to Werner, in Korn. & Wern. 1. c. 2: 892 (1885). 
NoTA. — Kornicke names this form Panicum italicum var. erythrospermum, but 
it is inadvisable to take up this name as it is apt to lead to confusion owing to P. 
erythrospermum Vahl, ex Hornem. Hort. Hafn. i: 82 (1813) which has purple setae 
and is referable to subvar. violacea. 
Range. — I have seen no specimens; Kornicke says from Botanic 
Gardens. 
Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. subsp. rubrofructa Hubb. forma 
gigas (Kornicke) comb. nov. Panicum italicum var. gigas Kornicke, 
in Korn. & Wern. Handb. Getreideb. i : 275 (1885) : Wern. in Korn. & 
Wern. 1. c. 2: 896 (1885). P. frumentaceum Hort. ex Kornicke, in 
Korn. & Wern. 1. c. i : 275 (1885) in syn. sub P. italicum var. gigas. 
Kornicke, in Korn. & Wern. 1. c. i : 275 (1885) describes this form 
as having a very large and thick panicle up to 23 cm. long and 30 mm. 
in diameter. Setae less numerous and scarcely exserted: green [cf. 
Key on page 272]. Fruit dark red. 
Range. — I have seen no specimens; Kornicke says he received it 
from Hungary as Panicum frumentaceum and that this strain was 
derived from the Austrian East-Indian expedition. 
Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. subsp. rubrofructa Hubb. subvar. 
pabularis (Alef.) comb. nov. Panicum italicum Var. C Metzger, Eur. 
Cereal. 64 (1824). P. italicum var. pabularis Alef. Landw. Fl. 315 
(1866): Kornicke, in Korn. & Wern. Handb. Getreideb. i: 276 (1885) 
[emended spelling var. pabulare]. 
This form is described by Kornicke, in Korn. & Wern. 1. c. i: 276 
(1885) as belonging to the Moharium group, — that is small, dense- 
panicled, — having green setae and orange-yellow fruit. 
Range. — I have seen one cultivated specimen from Europe which 
