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Spikelets in a looser, cylindric panicle. 
Barbs of the bristles pointing upwards. 
Panicle cylindric, very dense. Fruiting glume smooth 1. S. italica. 
Panicle tapering, interrupted. Fruiting glume wrinkled 3. S. intermedia. 
Barbs of the bristles pointing downwards . . . 4. S. verticillata. 
1. Setaria italica, Beauv. ; FI. Br. Bid. vii. 78. Stems tufted, 
smooth, 2-5 ft., sometimes decumbent near the base and rooting 
at the lower joints. Leaves l|-2 ft. by about 1 in., rough ; sheaths 
softly hairy. Spikelets on branches about 1 in. long, crowded in 
a compact, nearly cylindrical, interrupted, nodding panicle 4-10 
in. long and ^-1 in. diam. Bristles variable in length. Fruiting 
glume smooth. 
Simla, below Merlin Park, Sutlej valley.— Cultivated throughout India, and 
up to 6000 ft. — Most warm and temperate regions. 
Italian millet ; native name kdkun. One of the most ancient of cultivated 
plants, having been found in the Swiss lake-dwellings of the Stone Age. 
Stunted forms often occur in a wild state. 
2. Setaria glauca, Beauv. ; FI. Br. Bid. vii. 78. Stems 1-3 ft. 
Leaves about 1 ft. by ^ in., usually pale green, glabrous or with a 
few scattered hairs, margins rough. Spikelets nearly sessile, 
crowded in dense, spike-like panicles 1-6 in. long and about J in. 
diam. excluding the bristles. Bristles unequal, from twice to four 
times as long as the spikelet, pale brown or tinged with purple. 
Fruiting glume coarsely wrinkled. 
Simla. — Throughout India, especially in cultivated ground, ascending to 
6000 ft. — Most warm and temperate regions. 
3. Setaria intermedia, Roem. & Schult. ; FI. Br. Ind. vii. 79. 
Stems 1-3 ft. Leaves hairy, about 12 x ^ in. Spikelets crowded 
on the short branches of a narrow, interrupted, tapering panicle 
1-6 in. long and in. diam. Barbs of bristles pointing upwards. 
Fruiting glume finely wrinkled. 
Below Kotgurh. — Throughout India, ascending to 4000 ft., but not common. — ■ 
Temperate and tropical regions. 
*4. Setaria verticillata, Beauv. ; FI. Br. Ind, vii. 80. Stems, 
leaves and inflorescence of S. intermedia, but the barbs of the 
bristles point downwards. 
Throughout India, in shady places, ascending to 6000 ft., not very common. 
— Temperate and tropical regions. 
*5. Setaria viridis, Beauv . ; I?l. Br. Ind. vii. 80. Stems, leaves 
and inflorescence of S. glauca, but the fruiting glume is smooth 
and the bristles green or tinged with red. 
Throughout India, ascending to 11,000 ft., rare in the plains. — Temperate 
and subtropical regions, but colonised in many countries. 
