Saeeharum.'] OLXXiii. geaminb^. (J. D. Hooker.) 119 



AitcMs. Gat. Panjah. PL 172 ; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 15, Indig. Fudd. 

 Grass. h7, Fudd. Grass. N. Ind. 25; Stevd. Syn. Gram. 405 j Hack.' Monogr. 

 Ar>drop.\l%; Anderss. in (Evers. Vet. Akad. Randl. Stoekh. (1885)156; 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 512. 8. Eegyptiaoum, Willd. Enum. Sort. Berol. i. 

 82; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 454. S.bengalense, Boga, Caai, Lola & tenning, 

 fferb. Earn, ex Wall. Cat. n. 8854. S. biflorum, Forsk. Fl. \^g. Arab. 

 i. 16. S. caducum, Palisotii & speciosiBsimum, Tausch in Flora (1836)' 

 527; Steud. I.e. 406, 405,407. S. canaliculatum, Boa^J. I.e. 246; Wight 

 Gat. n. 1682; Buihie Grass. N.W. Ind. 14; Sleud. I.e. 406. S. chinense, 

 Nees in Rook. Sf Am. Bot. Beech. Voy. 241. 8. Glaza, Beinw. ex Blume 

 Gew. Buitenz. 38. S. insulare, Brongn. Voy. Goq. Bot. 99 ; Steud. I. c. 406. 

 8. Khga, Jungh. ex Tijdschr. Nat. Qesch. vii. 296; Steud. I.e. (Klagha). 

 S. punctatum, Sehwm. Beach. PI. Guin. 46. 8. propinquora, Steud. I. c. 

 S. spontaneum, var. Klaga, Trin. Fund. Agrost. t. 15, p. 1-6. S. semi- 

 deeambens, Boxh. I. c. 236 ; Duthie I. c. Steud. I. c. 406 ; Wall. Cat. u. 

 8854 A. Iraperata spontanea, Beauv. Agrost. 8 ; Boem. & Seh. Syst. ii. 

 289; My. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 512.— Sacoharum, Wall. Cat. n. 8854. 



Throughout the warmer parts of India and Cetion, ascending to 6000 ft. in 

 the Himalaya. — Disteib. S. Europe and warm regions of the Old World. East 

 Australia. 



Stem 5-20 ft., erect from a stout rootstock. Leaves erect, very long, narrow, 

 margins convolute or incurved ; mouth of sheath woolly ; ligule membranous. 

 Fanicle 1-2 ft. ; branches whorled, spreading ; branchlets fragile ; joints filiform, 

 dorsally loDg-eiliate. Spikelets J— ^ in., lanceolate ; gl. I 2-nerved ; II lanceolate, 

 subkeeled ; III ovate-lanceolate, subacute, ciliate ; IV very variable. — Hackel recog- 

 nized two subspecies and seyeral varieties of them. 



Snbsp. indicum ; slender, leaves narrow, ligule ovate subacute, spikes slender 

 laz-fld., spikelets ^—^ in. 4-6 times shorter than the snow-white villi, — All parts of 

 India. ^ 



Subsp. agyptiacum ; slender, leaves broadly linear, ligule truncate, spikes stouter 

 more dense-fld., spikelets longer i-J in., villi ahoitcr. — Almost confined to Africa, 

 except var. nepalense, with spikelets only i in. — N.W. India, Royle (d. 197). 



2. S. arundinaceum, Bete. Obs. iv. 14 ; stem glabrous below the 

 panicle, upper leaves long margins hispidly ciliate, joints acd pedicels 

 glabrous or ciliate, hairs of callus silky much shorter than the s]>ikelet, 

 gl. I chartaceons acuminate dorsally villous, IV broadly lanceolate. Kunth 

 Enum. PI. i. 475; Hack. Monogr. Androp. 117; Steud. Syn. Oram. 407. 

 P S. bengbalense, Betz. I. c. 16. S. ciliare, Anderss. in (Evers. Vet. Akad, 

 Eandl. Stoekh. (1855) 166; Hack. I. c. 118 {exel. vars. |8. y.). 8. exal- 

 tatum, Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 245; Wight Gat. n. 1681; Grah. Cat. Pl. 

 Bomb. 239; Steud. I. c. 8. Moonja, Boyle III. Himal. PI. 416. 8. 

 Munja, Bomb. I. c. 246. 8. procerum, Boxb. I. c. 243; Stend. I.e.;' 

 Trim. Cat. Geyl. PI. 106; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 15. 8. Sara, 

 Soxb. I. c. 244 ; Kunth I. c. ; Steud. I. c. 406 ; Aitehis. Cat. Panjah. PI, 

 172; Duthie Grass. N.W. Ind. 15, Indig. Fodd. Grass, t. 50, Fodd. Grass. 

 N. Ind. 15 ; Boiss. FL Orient, v. 453 ; Hack. I. c. 118 ; Wall. Cat. n. 8d53, 

 A. D. S. Surpata, Hb. Ham. ex WaU. Cat. 8853 D.— Saeeharum, WaU. 

 Cat. n. 8852, 8853.— iJAeetie Hort. Mai. xii. t. 46. 



Throughout the Plains and low Hills of lupiA. Cbyion, at Colombo, Trimen. 

 —Disteib. China. 



Perennial. Stem 10-20 ft. erect from a stout rootstock, branching after the 

 second year. Leaves 3-5 ft. by 2-3 in,, broadest about the middle, tapering to a 

 slender point, midrib white; sheath bearded about the mouth; ligule short, hairy. 



