234 triandrta dtgvnia. Saccharum. 



sheaths a little hairy. Spikes terminal, solitary, simple, cylin- 

 dric, from three to four inches long-. Rachis flexuose, three- 

 sided. Flowers nunierous, solitary, alternate. Involucre two, 

 rarely one-flowered, inultifid, divisions longer than the flow- 

 ers, subulate, grooved on the back, inside hairy, apex slight- 

 ly hooked. Both flowers hermaphrodite. Calyx three-valv- 

 ed, one -flowered, the exterior one smaller, all are thin, smooth, 

 nerved. Corol two-valved, valves hard, acute, but not awn- 

 ed, in length nearly equal, and scarcely longer than the 

 calyx. Stamina three. Styles two, plumose. 



SACCHARUM. Schreb. gen. N. 104. 

 Calyx one-flowered, two-valved, girt at the base with 

 wool ; corol uncertain. 



1. S. cylindricum. Linn, sp.pl. ed. Willd. i. 323. 



Culms from one to two feet high, shorter than the leaves. 

 Panicles linear, white with the wool of the calyx. Corol and 

 calyx two-valved and diandrous. 



Lagurus cylindrica. sp. pi. 120. 



S. Thunbergi. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. i. 323. Retz. Obs. v. 

 p. 17. 



Gramen caricosum. Rumph. Amb. 6. 17. t. l.f. 2. 



Beng. Oo\oo. 



Teling. Baroonibiss. 



Is a native of moist, stiff, pasture ground, and particularly 

 common over Bengal, where the fields are white with it 

 when in flower, after the first rains in April and May. 



Root creeping at some depth under the surface. Culms 

 erect, simple, from one to two feet high, leafy, jointed, joints 

 bearded. Leaves, those of the root or lower part of the culm 

 are much longer than the culm, tapering equal towards each 

 end, smooth, those of the culm are little else than sheaths. 

 Panicles terminal, cylindric, from three to four inches long, 

 composed of small, erect branchlets, of a bright cotton-like 



