Explanation of Figures. 

 Plate XVII. 



Fig. 1. Fruiting panicle of Saccharum spontaneum x f. 



2. Leaf of same x f . 



„ 3. Pair of flowering spikelets of same with joint of axis ; note the erect callus hairs, 

 x3. 



„ 4. Fruiting sessile spikelet of same with joint of axis and pedicel of pedicelled 



spikelet which has fallen off. Note the wide-spreading callus hairs x 3. 

 ., 5. Flowering spikelet of same x 6. 

 „ 6. Glume I of spikelet ] 



7 II ' 



,, 8. ,, ill ,, 



„ 9. „ IV 

 „ 10. Pale 

 „ 11. Lodicules 

 ,,12. Stamens 

 „ 13. Ovary 

 „ 14. Ovary stamens and lodicules 



