SUGAR CANE. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Calyx, none. 
Corolla bivalve : Valves oblong’, sharp-pointed, and concave. 
Seed single. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Saccharum cylindricum. S. panicula spicata cylindrica, pe- 
dunculis unifloris, floribus muticis 
diandris, foliis planis, geniculis 
barbatis. Sp. Plant. Linn. 
Willd. 1 . p. 323. 
Panicle round and in the form of a 
spike ; peduncle bearing a single 
flower; flowers without awns and 
having only two stamens ; leaves 
plane, joints bearded. 
Saccharum cylindricum, pani- 
cula spicata sericea, ramulis brevis- 
simis composita, floribus muticis. 
Lamarck. Encyclop. 1. p. 588. 
pi. 40. f. 2. 
Imperata arundinacea. Cyrill. 
Icon. Rar. fasc. 2. pi. II. 
Sugar Cane Edw. West Ind. 2. p. 232. 
This plant, which has become of such vast import- 
ance to mankind, is found in several parts of the 
