SaccJiarum.'] CLXXUI. GRAMINEJJ. (J. D. Hooker.) 119 



Aitchis. Cat. Panjab. PL 172 ; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 15, Indiy. Fudd. 

 Grass. 57, Fodd. Grass. N. Ind, 25 ; Steud. Syn. Gram. 405 ; Hack. Monogr. 

 Androp. 113; Anderss. in GEvers. Vet. Akad. Handl. StocJch. (1885) 156; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 512. S. fegyptiacum, Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. i. 

 82; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 454. S. bengalense, Boga, Oasi, Lola & tenniup, 

 Herb. Ham. ex Wall. Cat. n. 8854. S. biflorum, Forsk. Fl. Mg. Arab. 

 i. 16. S. caducum, Palisotii & speciosissimum, Tausch in Flora (1836) 

 527; Steud. I.e. 406, 405,407. S. canaliculatum, Roxb. I.e. 246; Wight 

 Cat. n. 1682; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 14; Steud. I.e. 406. S. chinense, 

 Nees in Hook. Sf Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. 241. S. Glaza, Reinw. ex Blume 

 Gew. Buitenz. 38. S. insulare, Brongn. Voy. Coq. Bot. 99; Steud. I.e. 406. 

 S. Klaga, Jungh. ex Tijdschr. Nat. Gesch. vii. 296; Steud. I.e. (Klagha). 

 S. punctatum, Schum. Besch. PI. Guin. 46. S. propinquom, Steud. I.e. 

 S. spontaneurn, var. Klaga, Trin. Fund. Agrost. t. 15, p. 1-6. S. semi- 

 decuoibens, Roxb. I.e. 236; Diifhie I.e. Steud. I.e. 406; Wall. Cat. n. 

 8854 A. Imperata spontanea, Beauv. Agrost. 8 ; Roem. & Sch. Syst. ii. 

 289; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 512. Saccharum, Wall. Cat. n. 8854. 



Throughout the warmer parts of INDIA and CEYLON, ascending to 6000 ft. in 

 the Himalaya. DISTKIB. S. Europe and warm regions of the Old World. East 

 Australia. 



Stem 5-20 ft., erect from a stout rootstock. Leaves erect, very long, narrow, 

 margins convolute or incurved ; mouth of sheath woolly ; ligule membranous. 

 Panicle 1-2 ft. ; branches whorled, spreading ; branchlets fragile ; joints filiform, 

 dorsally long-ciliate. Spikelets - in., lanceolate ; gl. I 2-nerved ; II lanceolate, 

 subkeeled; III ovate-lanceolate, subacute, ciliate ; IV very variable. Hackel recoor- 

 nized two subspecies and several varieties of them. 



Subsp. indicum; slender, leaves narrow, ligule ovate subacute, spikes slender 

 lax-fld., spikelets - in. 4-6 times shorter than the snow-white villi. All parts of 

 India. 



Subsp. eegyptiacum ; slender, leaves broadly linear, ligule truncate, spikes stouter 

 more dense-fld., spikelets longer -5- in., villi shorter. Almost confined to Africa, 

 except var. nepalense, with spikelets only in. N.W. India, Royle (n. 197). 



2. S. arundinaceum, Retz. Obs. iv. 14 ; stem glabrous below the 

 panicle, upper leaves long margins hispidly ciliate, joints and pedicels 

 glabrous or ciliate, hairs of callus silky much shorter than the spikelet, 

 gl. I chartaceous acuminate Dorsally villous, IV broadly lanceolate. Kunih 

 Enum. PL i. 475; Hack. Monogr. Androp.117-, Steud. Syn. Gram. 407. 

 ? S. benghalense, Retz. 1. c. 16. S. ciliare, Anderss. in (Evers. Vet. Akad. 

 Handl. Stockh. (1855) 155; Hack. I.e. 118 (excl. vars. 0. y.). S. exal- 

 tatum, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 245 ; Wight Cat. n. 1681 ; Grah. ' Cat. PI. 

 Bomb. 239; Steud. I. c. S. Moonja, Boyle III. Himal. PI. 416. S. 

 Munja, Roxb. 1. c. 246. S. procerum, Roxb. I. c. 243; Steml. l.e.\ 

 Trim. Cat. Ceyl. Pi. 106; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 15. S. Sara, 

 Roxb. I. c. 244 ; Kunth I. c. ; Steud. I c. 406 : Aitchis. Cat. Panjab. PI. 

 172; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 15, Indig. Fodd. Grass, t. 50, Fodd. Grass. 

 N. Ind. 15 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 453 ; Hack. I. c. 118 ; -.Wall. Cat. n. 8353, 

 A. D. S. Surpata, Hb. Ham. ex Wall. Cat. 8853 D. Saccharum, Wall. 

 Cat. n. 8852, 8853. Rheede Hort. Mai. xii. t. 46. 



Throughout the Plains and low Hills of INDIA. CEYLON, at Colombo, Tritnen. 

 DISTKIB. China. 



Perennial. Stem 1020 ft. erect from a stout rootstock, branching after the 

 second year. Leaves 3-5 ft. by 2-3 in., broadest about the middle, tapering to a 

 slender point, midrib white; sheaEh bearded about the mouth; ligule short, hairy, 



