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ed. Caret/, \,p. 239 ;— J. Grah. Cat. B.pl.p. 239;— Rumph. 6, t. 7, 

 /. 2.) ^^ Ooloo. %. Caucasus. New Holland. Moluccas. Ceylon. Both 

 Peninsulas of India. Bengal, (Serampore,) &c. Fl. R. S ; fr. C. S. 

 In Bengal much used for thatch. (Roxb.) 

 Saccharum, L. (Endl. gen. pi. I, p. 107.) 



\. spontaneurn, L. {Roxb. Jl. ind. \,p. 235; ed. Carey, 1, p. 240. —S. 

 biflorum, Forsk, — Imperata spontanea, Trin ; — Rom. and Scli. 2, p. 

 289.) <Pt*f Kash. %. Arabia. Peninsula of India. Bengal, (Serampore,) 

 &c. Fl. R. S ; fr. C. S. Makes good mats for various purposes, and 

 is used to thatch houses. (Roxb.) BuflFaloes are fed on this gtass. 



2./uscum, Roxb. (Jl. ind. 1, p. 236; ed. Carey, I, p. 241 ; — Spreng. 

 syst. I, p. 281.) ^ft^'^ «tf5 Patee-Khoree. '4. Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. 

 R. S ; fr. C. S. The natives make their pens of the culms of this and the 

 next species, and use them also for screens and light fences. (Roxb.) 



3. semidecumbens, Roxb. {fl. ind. 1, p. 236 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 241.) ^f^ 

 Khoree. %. Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



A. afficinarum, L. {Spreng. syst. \,p. 281 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. \,p. 237; ed. 

 Carey, 1, p. 242;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 239 ;—Rumph. 5, t. 74, 

 f. I.) ^^ Ook. Sugar.Cane. Produces Sugar. Arab, Sukkur ; Hind. 

 Jaggery. ^%. E. and W. Indies. Society Islands. Fl. R. S. The 

 juice of the sugar cane is the best antidote to arsenic. (Chisholm.) 



5. sinense, Roxb. (fl. ind. 1, p. 239 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 244. — S. chinense, 

 Spreng. syst. 1, p. 281.) %. China. Cultivated in India, Fl. R. S. 



6. procerum, Roxb. (/. ind. 1, p. 243 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 248 ; — Spreng. 

 I. c, excl. syn.) C^^ Teng. % Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. R. S. ; fr. 

 C. S. Culms used by the natives for screens and various other econo- 

 mical purposes. (Roxb.) 



7. Sara. Roxb. (fl. ind. 1, p. 244; ed. Carey, I, p. 249; — Spreng. sysi. 

 l,p. 281.) *f5 Shur. %. Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



8. Munja, Roxb. (fl. ind. 1, p. 246 ; ed. Carey, 1, p. 250 ; — Spreng. I. c.) 

 % Hindoosthan. In H. C. G. fl. R. S, ; fr. H. S. (Roxb.) 



9. canaliculatum, Roxb. (Jl. ind. 1, p. 246; ed. Carey, 1, p. 251.) "^ 

 Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. R. S ; fr. C. S. 



10. violaceum, Tussac. {Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 285.) " Canne de Hayte." 

 Otaheytie Cane. %. Cultivated in India, &c. 

 Batratherum, Nees. (Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 379.) 



\. lanceolatum, Schult. (Andropogon lanceolatus, Roxb. Jl. ind. 1, 

 p. 257; ed. Carey, I, p. 262.) Coromandel. In H. C. G. fl. 

 C. S.;fr. H. S. {Roxb.) 

 LiPEOCKRCis, Trin. {Endl. gen.pl. 1, p. 108.) 



1. serrata, Trin. (Andropogon serratus, Retz. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. I, p. 

 253; ed. Carey, [,p. 257 ;—J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. 238 ; not Thunb. 

 — A. filiformis, Pers. ; — Rom. and Sch. 2, p. 811; not Roxb.) 

 CITSt^l Detara. © Bengal. Concans. Fl. C. S ; fr. H. S. Eaten by 

 cattle. (Roxb.) 



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