- $40 ; TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA i Saccharum} 
the eulm are little else than sheaths.— Panicles terminal, cylindiic, 
from three to four inches long, composed of small, erect brauch- 
lets, of a bright cotton-like whiteness; from the quantity of wool 
that surrounds the insertion of the flowers.— Flowers pedicelled, ge- 
nerally simple.—Ca/yx two-valved, with here and there a long pe 
hair.—Corol, two-valved, minute.—Stamens two. 
Obs. Cattle are not fond of it, particularly when old. It is uid 
in the marriage ceremonies of the Telingas. In Bengal it is —- 
used for thatch. | 
-. €. S. spontaneum. Linn. Sp PL. ed. Willd. i. 32%. | 
Culms from five to fifteen feet high, ^ Leaves involute when dry. 
Panicle linear, spreading, verticilled ; ramification simple, c calyx ci- 
liate. Corol one-valved. . 43] : 
Sans. Kan 5. .s Te oe 
Hind. Kagara.. == : mme 
Teling. Relloo-gaddy. 
— Grows on the banks of rivers, in hedges, and on moist, uncultivas 
ted land; in a good soil, it is frequently from ten to fifteen. feet 
. high, in a poorer soil, from five to ten. 
Root perennial, creeping very deep in the ground. i ane 
nual, erect, leafy, round, lower parts perennial, and as thick as the 
finger, annual shoots about as thick as a common quill, solid, height 
various as above observed.— Leaves sheathing, remarkably long and 
narrow, but firm ; margins hispid ; a transverse section appears ue 
scent ; sheaths with their mouths woólly.— Panicles terminal, spr 
ing, erect, oblong, from one to two feet long, composed of verticil- 
Xu filiform, simple, (except the lower verticil or two;)- spiked ra- 
cemes ; spiked, because half the flowers are sessile, and half pedicel- t 
. Jed. The i immense quantity of long, bright, silver-coloured ¥ 
which surrounds the base of the flowers gives this species à most 
conspicuous, gaudy appearance.— Flowers paired; one-pedi 
. the efte sessile.— — Calyx NET margins mem sor si 
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