Saccharum, triandria digynia. 241 



rounded with many soft, very long, silver-coloured hairs.— CoroZ one- 

 valved, ciliate, acute, membranaceous.— Sf?gma feathery, purple. 



Obs. 1 have not seen the ripe seed. It is 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. S'fuscitm. R. 



Erect, from live to eight feethij>h. Xeazjgs sub-lanceolate, smooth. 

 Paxjc/e spreading, verticilled ; i amijicatiom compound. Flowers 

 paired, both pediceiied, wool of the caljx short and scanty. Carols 

 three-valved. 



Bens- Kli«ree or Pata-KhMree. 



A native of damp places over Bengal. Flowering-time the rainy 

 season. 



Culms erect, from five to eight feet high, as tiiick as the little 

 finger, hairy near the top. — Leaves sheathing, linear-lanceolate, 

 smooth iu 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. — Fanicles from one to two feet long, 

 erect, linear, veriicilled, except toward the apex ; ramifications com- 

 pound; ramule nodding. — Flozvers paired, one short-pedicelled, the 

 other longer, both hermaphrodite ; wool of the pedicels, &c. short 

 and in small quantity. — Calyx with ciliate margins, otherwise smooth 

 and shining. — Corol three-valved, of which two are equal and nearly 

 as long as the calyx, the third minute, all much ciliated. — Seec^long, 

 obovate, brown, smooth. 



Obs. The natives make their pens of the cuhns of this and the 

 following species, and use it for screens and light fenced, 



4. S. sernideciimhens. 



Lower portion of the culms procumbent, and perennial. Leaves 

 narrow, channelled. Fanide oblong, Wx, with compound verticil- 

 led 1 amitications, corol one-valved. 



Ue/ig. Khuiee. 



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