SACCHARUM. iT 
sus quasi in peliolo attenuatis acuminatissime I3-2 pedalibus, 
scabris, spicis semi-verticillatis vel solitariis in paniculam ter- 
minalem erectam ascendentem dispositis, floribus germinatis. 
altero pedicellato citius labente exteriori altero sessile, flos, 
sessilis glaber: stipitatus longe sericeo-pilosus ; rachi, stipiti- 
busque eodem more pilis donatis. 
Glumzs membranacez, mutice acute brunnes; exterior, 
dorso planiuscula apice versus breve ciliata, bivenia! interior 
carinata longius ciliata, nervo centrali obsoleto. 
Perianth, 2, exterius glume carinatze opposit. 1 palearum 
neutrum, palea lanceolato-membranacea apicem versus hya- 
lina ibidem ciliata czeterum brunnescens, enervis. Per. interius 
hermaphrod. bi-paleaceum, palea exterior inferiorque hyalina, 
nana, palea floris neutrius 3-plo-brevior, breve ciliata apice 
bidentata, sinu aristam palea 6-plo longiorem basin versus 
glabram tortilemque czeterum denticulat. rectamque gerente. 
Interior nanissima membranacea hyalina, enervis, secus mar- 
ginem denticulat semen arcte involvens. Lodicule 2 cuneate. 
Embryo palez aristatze opposit. 
Caryopsis, stylorum basi unilorum reliquis apiculat. Floris 
stipitata pars omnino ut in sessili sed glume et przsertim 
exterior pilis longis rectis apecibus exceptis obsite. Lodicule 
an connate ? 
In campis graminosis Suddyah : Copiosa January 2nd, 1836. 
It. Ass. 289. 
Congener numeri 287, qui certe non Ischemum medium 
forsan inter Saccharum et Andropogon. 
8. Saccharum. 
Gramen elatum speciosissimum 6-15 pedal. Vaginis foliisque 
bases versus densessime barbatis ; foliis margine scaberrimis, 
Panicula ampla, laxiuscula, demmum subcoarctata, 1-12 pe- 
dalis, pulcherrima et quam maxime conspicua ob nitorem co- 
loremque rosaceum. 
Occurrit in collibus: intra Myrung et Nunklow: copiosa 
