Note 116 — Chapter V · VEGETABLE LIFE IN THE PRAIRIES, PAMPAS, AND LLANOS OF THE NEW WORLD.
W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams translation
The Pampas grass is very hardy. Its stems are from ten to fourteen feet high, its leaves six or eight feet long, and its panicles of flowers silvery white, and from eighteen inches to two feet in length. Another Brazilian species of the same genus, Gynerium saccharoides, yields a considerable quantity of sugar.