58 PANICACE.E. 



26. A. iiALEPEXsis (L.) Brot. Fl. lusit. 1: 89 ; 1804). TIoUus 

 Jtalepen.<iis L. S}). PI. 1047 (1753). Sorg/ttan halepeitse Pers. Syn. 

 1 : 101 (1805). JoiiNSOX G uass. 



Culms robust, 0.6-1.5 m. liigli, erect. Sheaths terete, usually 

 shorter than tlie iuternodes; li<fule round, finn, 1-3 nun. lonjr; 

 blade narrowed more or less at the l)ase, the longest 20-60 cm. 

 long, 1-7 cm. wide, flat, Avith undulate margins, the apex droo])- 

 iug. Panicle variable, more or less drooping, exserted, rays mostly 

 in verticels of 4, rarely 2-6. Sessile spikelets variable; first glume 

 firm, more or less shining, margins involute, 5-0-11 -nerved; 

 second as long as the first, 3-7-nerved, keeled; third. Ojie-tourth 

 shorter, elliptical, oblong or oval, delicately 2-nerved; fourth half 

 as long as the second, broadly oval, obtuse, 2-lobed, bearing a short 

 awn. Anthers 2.5-3 mm. long. Pedicellate s})ikelets staminate 

 or neuter, much narrower than the sessile ones. Sessile si)ikelet8 

 hmceolate to elliptical, 4-5.5 mm. long, first glume obs(!urely 

 5-7-nervcd. Perennial with stout creeping root-stocks. IMades 

 1-2 cm. wide. Panicle 15-30 cm. long, oblong-elliptical, dense or 

 rather loose, lower rays 1-6 cm. long, the awns 10-15 mm. long 

 (see vol. i. Fig. 78. ]>. 171). 



Suhsi)ecies sativus Packel, D. C. Monog. Phan. 6:505 (18S!i). 



Out of this subgenus Ilackel, in his recent elal)orate moiu)grai)h 

 has made nine series, containing thirtv-six varieties and twelve 

 subvaiieties. Many of them are in cultivation in tropical regions. 



Some of the common names as we know them are: (Ji'IXKA 



('OUNT. (lUKAT ^FlLLKT, InDIAV MiI.LKT, DlRUA OR DoUUA, Im- 

 I'llKK. ClUM'.SK SroAK-CANi;. EiiVI'TlAN lkI('P:-CORN. 



Tile following is a descri})tion of the race known as "Amber 

 ('ane."' Culms 1-2 m. high, leai'-blades broad. I'anicle ere(!t 

 or included, rather compact, 20-30 cm. long. 6-10 cm. wide. 

 Spikeicits wlu'ii nuiture round-obovoid, 5 aim. long, the branches 

 and juMlicels and base of spikelets short-hairy, awn abortive. 'J'he 

 2 outer glumes smooth, almost black, iiulistinctly many-nerved, 

 the first ll-13-nerve(l, the second ll-iuM'ved, reddish, with hairy 

 margins, very variable in size. Lodicules red, hairy at the apex, 

 truncate, very broail above, 0.7 mm. long. Pedicellate spikelets 5 



