VARIATION IN THE CANE AND CANE VARIETIES 57 



Wray, however, is not solely responsible for whatever of extension has 

 been granted to this cane. About 184 j it was, according to Boaton, 38 

 brought to Mauritius by Giquel, and it was established 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 under the name of Green Transparent 

 still survives in Demerara. Harrison and Jenman 31 thus describe this cane : 



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

 girth, much under average length of internodes, nodes slightly contracted ; 

 colour, whitish or greyish, suffused often with a grey hue, and touched with 

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

 bunched and flowered and well projected." 



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

 on the stem, and the adherent nature of the dry leaves. 



The names found attached to this cane are : 



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

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

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

 Cane seems to refer to this variety. 



Two canes introduced to Trinidad and named by Purdie, Green and 

 Violet Salangore, do not seem to be connected with this variety. Plate VIII 

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



The Cavengerie Cane. The cane which the writer has met under this 

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

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

 the peculiarity of not infrequently throwing variegated or albino leaves. 

 An almost black sport, called Port Mackay 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 spelling in the Sugar Cane, 1870, 2, 674. 



A very recent communication from Mr. Alfred Watts 61 , 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 communication 

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

 Brazil, owing to misplaced labels, the name Louzier (q.v.), 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 established as 

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

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

 brown 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 



