£g INDIAN FOREST MEMOIRS. 



The following classification, therefore, of the forms now under consideration appears 

 to be the best : — 



I. Saccharum arundinaceum Rvtz. (Obs. hot., fasc. IV, p. 14, 1786). 

 Syn. — S. bengalense Retz. 

 S. procerum Roxb. 

 Ref.— Roxburgh, I.e., p. 243. 



Hackel, I.e., p. 117, esocl. syn. S. exaltatum. 



Vern.— Ramsar (Dehra Dun), Teng (Bengal). 



Habitat. — Bengal (Darjeeling 3,500', C. B. Clarke; Valleys of Sikkim 1— 

 4,000', J. D. Hooker; Chittagong, 0—1,000', Hooker and Thompson), 

 Assam (Griffith; Khasia Hills 2 — 4,000', Hooker and Thompson), 

 Burma (Banks of Salween River), Southern India (Tanjore; culti- 

 vated or indigenous?). 



Distribution. — China. 



Illustrations. — See Plate XXII. 



Notes. — This plant is commonly cultivated in India in gardens and near 

 villages, as it is of some medicinal value. 

 II. Saccharum Munja Roxb. (I.e., p. 246, 1832). 



Syn. — S. Sara Roxb. 



S. ciliare Anderss. in (Efvers K. Vet. Akad. Forhand. Stockh., p. 155, 

 1855. 



Ref. — Roxburgh, I.e., pp. 246, 244. 



Hackel, I.e., p. 118, excl. vars. (B Grijfithii and y Boissieri. 



Vern. — Munj, munja, sar, sarkara, ekar (Dehra Dun), Sara (Bengal). 



Habitat. — Northern India in the Punjab and Upper Gangetic Plain, extends 

 into Sindh (fide Hackel). Is occasionally cultivated, e.g. near 

 Calcutta. 1 



Illustrations. — See Plates III and XIX — XXI. 



III. Saccharum Grimthii Munro. 



Syn. — S. Sara, Aitchison, in Journ. Linn. Soc, XIX, p. 191. 



S. Sara Boiss., Fl. Or., V, 453. 



f S. Griffithii Boiss, I.e. 



S. ciliare var. Griffithii Hackel, I.e., 119. 



Erianthus Griffithii Hook f. (in part), F. B. I, VII, 122, 



1 Vegetation of the Districts of Hughli—Eowrah und the 24-Pergunnahs by D. Prain in Records Botanical Survey- of India, Vol. 

 IU, No. 2, 1905. 



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