VARIETIES OF THE CANE. 



New Guinea Canes. Of late years canes have been introduced 

 from New Guinea to Queensland. The following descriptions are due to 

 Maxwell 19 : 



JV. G. 8a, or Gogari. Dvill, deep green cane, of moderately stout habit y 

 turning red on exposure ; internodes 4-6 inches ; occasionally grooved, flesh 

 yellow. 



N. G. 15, or Badilla. A dark purple to black cane, stout, with white 

 waxy rings at the nodes, internodes 2-3 inches, often longer in ratoons, of 

 erect habit, foliage somewhat erect, very green and in young cane often of a 

 reddish tinge, flesh white, of high sugar content, often weighs up to 1 Ib. per 

 foot. 



N. G. 24 or Goru or Goru possi possana. A moderately stout greenish 

 brown to copper coloured cane, joints zigzag, internodes 3-4 inches, slight waxy 

 bloom, basal end develops roots, upper eyes sometimes shoot, foliage broad 

 and plentiful, flesh yellow. 



N. G. %4 a r Goru scela scelana. Like N". G. 24 but striped with red, 

 moderately stout, internodes 3-4 inches, foliage broad and plentiful, flesh yellow, 



N. G. %$ or Goru burnt lunana. Like N". G. 24 in shape but of a yellow 

 to yellowish green colour, sometimes marked on exposure with reddish granular 

 spots, internodes 3-4 inches, eyes full and prominent, foliage broad and plentiful, 

 flesh yellow. 



N. G. 64. A brownish to olive cane striped with claret, with small 

 linear skin cracks, moderately stout, internodes 3-5 inches, contracted at nodes 

 and bulging towards centre, foliage red to purple when young, flesh white. 



Pacific Islands Canes. The following canes have been described by 

 Cuzent 20 under native names ; the botanical names given afford the impression 

 that they are distinct species, while actually they are only varieties of the 

 species Saccharum officinarum. 



To uti. S. atrorulens. Stalk and pith violet, imported from Java by 

 Bougainville in 1782. 



Rurutu. S. rulicundum. Stalk and leaves violet, pith white. 



Irimotu. S, fragile. Stalk green and brittle, pith white, numerous hairs. 



To our a. Yiolet and yellow striped cane. 



Piaverae. S. obscurum. Stated to be the Creole cane. 



To avae. S. fragile var. Green and yellow striped cane. 



Vaihi or Uouo. S. gldber. A white cane introduced from the Hawaiian 

 Islands. Melmoth Hall thinks it possible that the Yaihi is the Otaheite of the 

 West Indies ; this is improbable in the light of what has already been written 

 on the origin of the Otaheite cane ; the Yaihi may be one of the white indigenous 

 canes of Hawaii such as Ko Kea. The same writer also thinks that the 

 To oura is the purple striped Otaheite cane of Wray, or the Guingham of 

 Mauritius, i.e , Striped Tanna. 



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