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29. A. saccharatus. R. 
Erect. Panicles verticelled, with. eaisiieahake pa 
Calyx hairy; corols awnless; hermaphrodite three-valved, 
neuter one-vavled, 
Holcus saecharatus. Linn, sp. pl. ed. Willd. iv. 930. 
_ Hind. and Beng. Deo-dhan. 
Is much cultivated over various parts of India during the ~ 
rainy and cold seasons upon land which is too high for rice. 
Root ramous. Culms erect, round, jointed, sometimes ra- 
mous, lower joints radicating from eight to twelve feet high, 
three or four inches in circumference near the base. Leaves - 
bifarious, sheathing, sword-shaped, margins hispid, the rest 
smooth, with a white nerve on the upper side, three feet long, 
and three or four inches broad. Sheath as long as the pani- 
cle is when young, afterwards the whole is completely bent 
down from the weight of the seed. Flowers paired, one her- 
maphrodite, sessile ; the other neuter, and pedicelled. 
_. HeRMApHRopITE Fiowers sessile. Calyx one-flowered, 
two-valved, both valves hairy. .Corol three-valved, the soli- 
tary valve precio dagger, shorter than the calyx, Seed 
oval, white. ’ ? 
NEUTER Reine Gatieelled, ishgs two-valved, pecs 5 
Corol one-valved, awnless, Stamens none. 
bs. The only circumstance that renders me uncertain 
whether this is Holeus saccharatus of Linnzeus is the total 
want of the arista in the hermaphrodite flowers ; in other re- 
= they agree. 
80. A, laxus. Linn. sp. pl. ed. Willd. iv. 907... 
