"114 MONOCOTYLEDONEÆ. SACCHARUM. 
(nisi basi interdum fimbriat®), utrinque leeves v. supra scaberulz, 
eosta media erassissima, lateralibus primariis utrinque 2—5-nis secun- 
dariisque inter illos solitariis, omnibus validis, prominentibus, confer- 
tissimis pereurse. Panieula 20—50 cm. longa, densa, subeontracta, 
splendens ; rhachis communis appresse sericeo-pilosa; rami primarii 
inferiores 4—5-ni, superiores 2-ni v. solitarii, ramulos secundarios et 
basilares et superiores subremotos simplices v. raro basi ramulum 
tertianum gerentes procreantes (raro primarii omnes simplices), 
tenui-filiformes, laxe sericeo-villosi, superiores a basi spicüliferi, 
inferiores basi nudi. Racemi graciles, 5—8 em. longi ; rhacheos fragil- 
limze articuli filiformes apice vix dilatati, facie glabri, dorso margini- 
busque (v. his solis) villis mollibus ipsis 2—3-plo longioribus (in basi 
articuli szepe deficientibus) laxe v. laxissime barbati. Spieule lanceo- 
lat, basi ssepius gibbule, villis 2»— pluries breviores; gluma I" in 
1/ —' inferiore gibbum subrotundum coriaceo-chartaceum plus minus 
distinctum exhibens, integra v. minutissime bidentula, marginibus 
anguste inflexa, dorso glabra, binervis, nervis (flexuralibus) infra 
apicem desinentibus, margine szpissime ciliata ; II I» eonsistentia 
similis, late lanceolata, sepe mucronulata, l-nervis, subcarinata, 
ciliata; II Ir" equans, ovato-lanceolata acuta v. obtusiuscula, ciliata; 
IV: varia, sepe obsoleta v. 0, ubi adest, enervis, ciliata. Palea parvula, 
lodieulas equans, raro major, ovata, ciliata. Lodicule lunulatæ, cor- 
nubus v. etiam margine superiore ciliatze. Antherz 1,5—2 mm. longa. 
Styli stigmata oblonga superantes. Pedicelli spicularum primariarum 
articulis similes, spieulis (plerumque duplo) breviores. Spiculæ pedi- 
cellatz: sepe magis acuminat® quam sessiles. 
Subspee. a. indicum. Gracilius. Lamin® anguste lineares. Ligula 
ovata, acutiuscula, basi ssepius subaurieulata. Racemi graciles, laxi- 
flori. Spieulze 3—4 mm. long&, villis involuerantibus niveis mollissimis 
4—6-plo breviores. 
Var. a, genuinum. Culmi 1—2 m. (ex Roxb. usque 4 m.)alti, diam. 
3—4 mm. Ligula glabra, sed intus pilis stipata. Laminæ 50—80 em. 
longæ, basi valde angustatæ (vagina multo angustiore), ibique fere e 
sola costa media formatæ, superius usque ad latitudinem 2—6 mm. 
dilatatæ, siccando subconvolutæ. Panicula lanceolata, contracta, 
ramis erectiusculis, inferioribus compositis. Racemi gracillimi ; rha- 
cheos articuli spiculas plerumque superantes, tenui-filiformes v. sub- 
capillares. Spiculæ inferne spadiceæ v. fuscæ v. atrosanguineæ, superne 
albide. Gluma I longiuseule acuminata, II acuta v. acutiuscula 
v. mucronulata ; IV* angustissima, quam III: brevior, v. obsoleta. — 
S. spontaneum Roxb. Fl. ind. ed. Car. 1, p. 235; Anderss. l e, 
