C. A. BARBER 



167 



IS ARETHA Group 



Mesnngan (green) Sectio7i, 



SiriTNABILE GbOTTP 



cm. 



1*4 Mesamjan, JuUunder 



iSnrethii (green) (Jul>bulpore), Aligarh 

 Bihar 

 1 8 Khari (Sabour), Burdwan 



/ iSnrethii (green) (Jul>bu 

 \Jngannthiu, Barah, X. 



1'9 Hullu Kahbu (Hagari), North-western 

 part of Madras 



2 (landa Cheni, Mysore 



2'1 Kfilkija (Manjri). Bombay 



1-9 



IS 5a««« (Sabour), Manbhum 

 Bansi (Nagpur), Bombay 

 Sirnnabile (Jubbulpore), Bombay 



2-0 *Pulli Kfiajee (Barah). Assam ? 



(Khadija (Manjri), Bomliay 

 Naa»al, Tanjore 

 Hntle Cheni, Mj'sore 

 2 2 ])hor, Seoni, Central Provinces 

 2 '6 Mojnrah (Jorhat). Assam 



* The origin of this cane is obscure. It was obtained as an Assam cane at Barah estate 

 in Bihar, but the Assam Agricultural Department have not met with it. It is a very distinct 

 cane. 



A study of this list brings out two facts. In the first place, the thinnei' 

 canes, generally, are found in the Punjab and United Provinces, and we come 

 across thicker varieties as we j^ass south-east to Assam and down the Peninsula. 

 Secondly, the Saretha group has the largest proportion of its members in the 

 first named Provinces, being absent or only occurring sporadically in Bengal, 

 Assam, and the South. The Sunnabile group, on the other hand, has its 

 greatest developmei\t in the latter tract and occurs only sporadically in the 

 United Provinces. It is interesting to note that each group is fairly well 

 represented by a few primitive forms in the Punjab. The order of arrangement, 

 according to the thickness, here given, will be followed in the tables at 

 the end. 



Erectness of Young Shoots. ' '- 



There is a marked d fference in the Saretha and Sunnabile g oups in this 

 respect. Considerable attention has been paid to this character lor several 

 years past, in the study of varieties and seedlings grown in the Cane-breeding 

 Station. Observations have demonstrated that it is a stable character in the 

 varietieB and that it is inherited by seedlings from their parents {Mem, 2, 



