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Saccharum. TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. ; 241 
rounded with many soft, very long, sil ver:coloufed hairs.— Corol one- 
valved, ciliate, acute, membranaceous.— Stigma feathery, purple. 
- Obs. | have not seen the ripe seed. Itis so very coarse that cat- 
tle do not eat it, except while very young. It makes good mats for 
various purposes, and is used to thatch houses. _ 
3. j. S. fuscum. R. : 
Erect, from five to eight feet high. Laoottsnbinhceolati, smooth. 
Panicle spreading, verticilled ; ramifications compound. Flowers 
paired, both pedicelled, wool of so vag short and M Corols 
three-valved. 
Beng. Khuree or Pato-Kbwree. 
A native of damp places over Bengal. Tione ui the rainy 
season. 
Culms erect, from five to A feet high; as thick as the little 
finger, hairy near the top.— Leaves sheathing, linear-lanceolate, 
smooth in every part, except the margins of the sheaths, which are 
fringed with much soft hair; length about three or four feet, breadth - 
about, or under two inches.— Panicles from one to two feet long, 
erect, linear, verticilled, except toward the apex ; ramifications com- 
pound; ramule nodding.— Flowers paired, one short-pedicelled, the 
other longer, both hermaphrodite ; wool of the pedicels, &c. short 
and in small quantity.— Calyz with ciliate margins, otherwise smooth 
and shining.— Coro/ three-valved, of which two are equal and nearly 
as long as the calyx, the third minute, all much ciliated Seed long; 
obovate, brown, smooth. 
Obs. The natives make their pens of the culms of this and the 
| Saving petis and use it for screens and light fences. 
4. S. B COME AQ j 
Lower portion of the culms procumbent, and perennial. Dus 
narrow, channelled. Panicle oblong, n with ML serie 
led ramifications, corol one-valved. : 
Beng. Khuree. 
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