1188 . BENGAL PLANTS. {Imperata. 
2577. IMPERATA ARUNDINACEA Cyvrill.; F. B. I. vii. 106; E. D. 
I. 51. Saccharum Ahi Salata ¥. I. i. 234, 
In all the prov 
An erect, pont grass. Hind. Dabh; Beng. Ulu. 
1066. Saccharum Linn. 
Tall, perennial grasses; Jeaves narrow, flat. Spikelets minute, 
wnless, 1-flowered, all similar, 2-sexual, articulate at the base, 
aispoueds in large, silky, much and densely branched panicles, with 
nea . length erect, articulate, ca eae ae fragile 
branches spikes ; sessile spikelets Ries h the inter- 
node and masa, callus bearded with very long ee Glumes 4; 
T. and IT. subequal, membranous or ra bidcode: I. oblong or 
lanceolate, dorsally flat or convex, margins incurved or inflexed, 
1-2-veined at each flexure, keels not winged or scaberulous, TI. 
concave, dorsally rounded or obscurely keeled; III. hyaline, 
oblong; IV. various or r obsolete, awnless, with palea minute or 0; 
odicules cuneate or irregular; stamens 3; styles and stigmas 
short, laterally ee Grain oblong or subglobose. 
Stem " rachis of spike fragile ; spikelets of each pair one sessile one 
pedice 
Stem ‘silky below the panicle :— 
Hairs white, those of callus fine, many times longer than spikelets 
spontaneum. 
Hairs ee those of callus rigid, hardly, if at all, ate than 
pikel si 
Stem cn below the panicle :— 
orsally villous :— 
Panicle laxly spreading arundinaceum. 
Panicle closer Se yeran oet Sieenecen stones arundinaceum var. ciliaris. 
Glume I. glabro officinarum. 
Stem fistular ; sale me spike tenacious ; spikelets of a pair both pedi- 
celled fuscum.- 
2578. reer SPONTANEUM Linn.; F. I. i. 285; F. B. I. 
. 118. 8S. canaliculatum F. 1. i. 246. 
hs all the provinces. 
A tall, erect, perennial grass, 5-20 feet high, with a 
stout rootstoc 
2579. SaccHarum NaRENGA Ham.; F. B. I. vii. 120. 
Chota Nagpur; Behar; Tirhut; N. Bengal. 
A tall, slender grass; stems 6-8 feet high. 
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