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of subsp. ruhrojructa — ■; has green setae of medium length; the fruit 
mottled and violet-black. 
Range. — I have seen no specimens; Kornicke reports it from 
Hungary. 
Setaria italica (L.) Beauv. subsp. nigrofructa Hubb. var. atra 
(Kornicke) comb, nov, Panicum italicum var. atrum Kornicke, Syst. 
Ubers. Cereal. 19 (1873): Kornicke, in Korn. & Wern. Handb. 
Getreideb. i: 277 (1885): Wern. in Korn. & Wern. 1. c. 2: 899 (1885). 
Setae brownish-purple, noticeably longer than the spikelets, up 
to 7 to 8 mm. long. Panicles dense, occasionally somewhat lobulate 
and interrupted at the base, 1.5 to 10 cm. long, 7 toi5 mm. in diameter, 
frequently with clusters of empty setae below the dense portion of the 
panicle. Fruit brown-black to black when mature and well developed. 
[There are always present in larger or smaller proportion less well 
developed pale-straw colored fruits.] 
Range. — All the specimens which I have seen are cultural. 
The cultural names applied to the various forms of S. italica — 
collectively known as Foxtail Millets — often cover more than one 
form of the variants. Sometimes no distinction is made in setae color 
sometimes the density of the panicle is not a factor. Certain strains 
in cultivation have been given names and frequently these names 
seem to have been used for more than one strain. For the application 
of the following cultural names I am indebted to Mr. H. N. Vinall 
and Mr. M. A. Carleton of the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 
German Millet. — A large lobed form with long setae, green or 
purple in color, no distinction being made. Applies indiscriminately 
to subsp. stramineofructa and var. Hostii. Cf. Carleton, in Bail. Cycl. 
Am. Agric. 2: 469, f. 695 (1907). 
Golden Wonder Millet.; — A large lobed form with setae shorter 
than or barely exceeding the spikelets. Applies to forma breviseta. 
Common Millet. — A compact form with dense r pike-like panicles 
of the Moharium group. The setae are long, but no distinction of 
color is made. Applies indiscriminately to subvar. germanica and 
subvar. Metzgeri; probably also to stout-panicled, large-fruited 
specimens of subvar. densior. Cf. Carleton, in Bail. 1. c. 2: 469, f. 694 
& 470, f. 697 (1907). 
Aino Millet. — Sometimes termed Japanese Millet, a misleading 
name, as it covers various strains. Commonly a slender lobulate form 
with brown setae and small fruit, about 2 mm. long, but also used 
