PRODUCTION OF SEED IN VARIETIES OF COMMON SUGAR-CANE. 197 
; PLATE XXX. 
xui. Digitalis purpurea (p. 187). xur. Penstemon, sp. (p. 187). xuıv. La- 
mium album (p. 187). xuv. Stachys palustris and S. sylvatica 
(p. 188). xıvı. Ballota nigra (p. 188). xuvi. Symphytum ofici- 
cinale (p. 189). xuvın. Echium calycinum (p. 189). 
Puare XXXI. 
xix. Primula Veris(p. 189). 1. Rheum undulatum (p. 191). ur. Aristolochia 
Clematitis (p. 191). vu. Euphorbia Helioscopia (p. 191). vi. Buxus 
sempervirens (p. 192). tv. Salix Caprea (p. 19). rv. Populus 
nigra (p. 193). 
Pirate XXXII. 
uvi. Ophrys apifera (p. 193). ivir. Narcissus Tazetta (p. 194). uvin. Galan- 
thus nivalis (p. 194). ix. Crocus, sp. (p. 195). Lx. Gladiolus, sp. 
(p. 195). uxı. Asphodelus ramosus (p. 195). 
Erratum. 
Pl. XXIX. for * Hypochzris " read Hypocheris. 
On the Production of Seed in certain Varieties of the Sud 
Sugar-cane (Saccharum Officinarum, L.). By D. MoMkıs, 
M.A., F.L.S., Assistant Director, Royal Gardens, Kew. 
[Read 6th March, 1890.] 
(Puate XXXIII.) 
Turk Common Sugar-cane (Saccharum Officinarum, L.) as a 
cultivated plant, is known throughout the tropical and subtropical 
regions of both hemispheres. It is supposed to have originated 
in some portion of Southern Asia; but where,is not known. 
Roxburgh, Wallich, Royle, Aitchison, and other Anglo-Indian 
botanists saw no really wild plants in Hindustan or neighbouring 
countries. Rumphius, who carefully describes the cultivation of 
the sugar-cane in the Dutch Colonies, says nothing about the 
home of the species. Miquel, Hasskarl, and Blanco mention no 
wild speeimeus in. Sumatra, Java, or the Philippines. Crawford 
expressly sought to find the wild sugar-cane in the Indian 
Archipelago, but failed to do so. Bentham, at a comparatively 
recent date and after an exhaustive survey of material from all 
