VARIATION IN THE CANE AND CANE VARIETIES ^-j 



\^Tay, however, is not solely responsible for whatever of extension has 

 been granted to this cane. About 1843 it was, according to Bodton,^^ 

 brought to Mauritius by Giquel. and it was eftablished as a cultivated 

 variety by Noel; but also in Mauritius, where it remained for many years in 

 somewhat extended cultivation, there was the same irregularity in its be- 

 haviour as was later observed by Harrison. It has also been grown to some 

 extent in Brazil and Porto Rico, and imder the name of Green Transparent 

 still survives in Demerara. Harrison and Jennaan^^ thus describe this cane : 



" Cane numerous, erect, rather under average height, of nearly average 

 girth, much imder average length of internodes, nodes shghtly contracted ; 

 colour, whitish or gre\dsh, suffused often with a grey hue, and touched with 

 carmine where sun-exposed. (Rarely arrows). Panicles large, copiously 

 bunched and flowered and weU projected." 



In addition, Wray records the presence of numerous setae, of much wax 

 on the stem, and the adherent nature of the dry lea\'es. 



The names found attached to this cane are ; — 



Salangore, Portii, Tibboo biltong beraboo, Tibboo cappor, Pinang (Mauri- 

 tius, Brazil) ; Chinese (Bourbon) ; WTiite Mauritius, Green Transparent, 

 Chalk Cane. In certain Spanish writings the term Cana Rocha or Waxy 

 Ccine seems to refer to this variety. 



Two canes introduced to Trinidad and named b\- Purdie, Green and 

 Violet Salangore, do not seem to be connected \rith this varietv. Flaie VIII 

 (page 60) shows this variety drawn from a specimen obtained in Porto Rico. 



The Cavengerie Cane. — The cane which the wTiter has met under this 

 name, and which is referred to here, is a claret-coloured cane ^^ith an incon- 

 spicuous yet clearly defined bronze green, almost black, stripe. It possesses 

 the peculiarity of not infrequently throwing variegated or albino leaves. 

 An almost black sport, called Port Macka}' Noir, is known in Mauritius. 



This cane is probably of New Caledonian origin, for, amongst those im- 

 ported to Mauritius about 1869 by Lavignac, appears the name Kanangari, 

 following the speUing in the Sugar Cane, 1870, 2, 674. 



A very recent communication from Mr. Alfred Watts®^, however, states 

 that a cane received in Brazil from Mauritius about 1884 is a self-coloured 

 claret cane, so that some confusion is indicated. The same commiuiication 

 states that a red cane with black stripe (the subject of this section) received in 

 Brazil, owing to misplaced labels, the name Louzier {qv.), the real cane of that 

 name becoming known in Brazil as Port Mackay, the name usually attached 

 in Mauritius to the cane under discussion. This double confusion has 

 spread with cane importations from Brazil to Argentina and very recently 

 the Uba cane {q.v), also from Brazil, has in Argentina become estabhshed as 

 Kavengire. Yet another confusion has obtained in Java, where Kriiger 

 describes as Port Mackay a yellow-green cane with handsome prominent 

 browTi blotches where sun-exposed. 



In Sagot and Raoul's "Manuel pratique des Cultures Tropicales" 

 appears a list of New Caledonia canes transcribed from a manuscript of 

 M. Greslan of date 1884. Amongst these appears the Kavarangi canes, 

 described as dark red splashed with carmine. This description corresponds 

 with the statement of Mr. Alfred Watts quoted above. In Porto Rico 

 three canes probably of this identity are recognised — a black, a red, and a 

 striped. The writer found Cavengerie in Mauritius as applied to the 



