76 GRAMINEA. 
5, Saccharum. 
Gramen elatum 3-5 pedali, vaginis adpressum sericeo-pilo- 
sis, fol. linearia, acuminatissime subulata, siccitate convoluta, 
glauca nervo medio albo, marginibus glabriusculis, collis bar- 
bato-lanatis ligulis laceris ; culmorum apicis lana adpressa albo- 
canei. Panicula erecta coarctata, ramulis alternate dispositis, 
divisionibus ultimi subsecundis, floris approximate, pilis seri- 
ceis rubris pulchre nitentibus subrigidis obsitis  rachillis 
eodem more sericeis, pili flores longe superantes 3-4 plo. 
Glumz basi cartilaginiz fuscescentes, exterior paulula brevior 
dorso planiuscula, apice emarginata, interior convexa, ambz 
acutatz apicibus membranaceis, pubescentes. 
Palea, floris exterioris neutrius lineari lanceolata, acu- 
minata, medium versus pallide carnea. 
Glandule hypogynz 2, cuneate apice denticulatz. Interior 
floris superioris hermaphrodito, lanceolato-acuta ciliata longi- 
tudine ovarii eoque arcte applicit. 
Exterior hujus in sinu glume interioris aristzeformis, 
longissime exserta, glumas 4-plo-5-plo excedens, antrorsum 
denticulata! Styli 2, Stigmata plumosa ratione styli longi- 
uscula. Stam. З. _ 
Moflong : inter colles, November 7th, 1835. It. Ass. 217. 
6. Saccharum. Altiulidine 5-7 pedale, vaginis inferiorib. his- 
pidissimis superioribus glabratis, foliis collis barbatis, ligula 
membranacea brunea lacera, foliis angustissimis 'inferne 
attenuatis; ideoque quasi canaliculatis 3-pedalibus acumina- 
tissimis in subulis, margine denticulatis. Panicula sericea 
ramis ascendentibus barba, nivea sericea nitida, tenuissima. 
Ramis panici subverticillatis. 
In collibus Nunklow : November 16th, 1835. It. Ass. 960. 
7. Saccharum Sect. Erianthus. 
Gramen elatum 4-8 pedale, internodiis elongatis nodisque 
glabris, ligulis brevibus, fol, linearibus angustissimis, basim ver- 
