166 A TEXT-BOOK OF GRASSES 
F. Racemes solitary at the ends of the 
DraRRUOE So coset on te pe HETEROPOGON. 
FF. Racemes in pairs from a sheathing 
bract, these in panicles.......... CYMBOPOGON 
(Par. 209). 
SustrisE SACCHAREA 
Spikelets perfect, all alike. The genera here mentioned have 
large compound inflorescences of woolly racemes. 
204. Miscanthus Anderss—Tall coarse perennials 
with large panicles, axis of the racemes not articulated. 
One species, M. sinensis Anderss. (Eulalia japonica Trin.) 
(Fig. 13), a native of eastern Asia, is cultivated for orna- 
ment. This grass grows in large bunches, with numerous 
narrow leaves, 2 to 4 feet long, tapering to a slender point, 
slender upright flower-stalks 4 to 6 feet high bearing a 
7 Wife fan-shaped cluster of woolly 
yy, ee Ze spikes 6 to 12 inches long. There 
ES GZ 7 VW — are 3 varieties in cultivation: var. 
= VW ' Ue variegatus, with striped leaves; 
chi ~~ var. zebrinus, with banded leaves; 
and var. gracillimus with leaves 
much narrower than in the other 
forms. ‘Two other species are 
occasionally cultivated,— M. sac- 
charifer Benth., with nearly or 
quite awnless spikelets, and M. 
nepalensis Hack. (Himalaya fairy- 
grass), with spikelets one-fourth 
as long as the brown involucral 
hairs. 
tifa 8 205. Saccharum L.—The best- 
Fia.'13. Miscanthus sinensis. ; : 
Plant much reduced, spikelet, known species 1S the sugar-cane 
3. (U.S. Dept. Agr., Div. 
fou. Baa), (S. oficinarum L.) (Fig. 14), a tall 
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