BOTANY. 
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Saccharum, Linn. 
876. S. officinarum, Linn. — Sugar Cane ; two varieties, White 
stem and Med stem, grow very well in the valleys low down and might 
be cultivated, hut scarcely any attempt appears to have been made 
to turn this plant to account since its introduction in 1678, further 
than selling the stems in the streets for the native children to chew. 
— Hah. India. 
Sorghum, Pers. 
877. S. vulgare, Pers. — Millet ; cultivated in gardens, and grows 
well; used as food for horses, and the ripe seeds for birds. — Hab. 
E.Indies. 
878. S. halepense, Pers. — A tall Grass, somewhat resembling 
Guinea grass, found in Maldivia gardens, but rare. C. — Hab. Syria. 
Anatherum, Beauv. 
879. A. muricatum, Beauv. — Khus-khus Grass; grows well 
both on the low and high lands, at C. and M., alt. 8, in the neigh- 
bourhood of streams of water. To a small extent the roots are dug, 
and, when dried, used to perfume clothes by being placed amongst 
them ; but its use for the perfume yielded by its roots is not so ex- 
tensive as it is in the East Indies. 
Andropogon, Linn. 
880. A. schcenanthus, Linn. — Lemon Grass, so named from its 
perfume resembling that of lemons ; grown in gardens, and used by 
the native people as a substitute for tea. Hab. E. Indies. 
CLASS III.— CRYPTOGAMS. 
120. Filices {Fern Family). 
Adiantum, Linn. 
881. A. sethiopicum, Linn. var. — Maiden-hair Fern ; introduced 
from the Cape in 1867. Much cultivated in gardens on the high 
land, and, in some places, self-sown plants already appear. Hk. and 
B. Syn. Fil. 1868, p. 128. — Hab. Cape of Good Hope, and very 
wide range. 
