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A TEXTBOOK OF THEORETICAL BOTANY 



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Fig. 2008. — Deudrocalamiis giganteits. Clump growing in Jardim Botanico, 



Rio de Janeiro. 



In this country bamboos are used chiefly as supports for garden plants, 

 the material being derived from the Far East. During the Second World 

 War when supplies were unavailable, home-grown bamboos were employed. 

 These however have not apparently the durability of the Japanese canes, 

 though the supplies which became available were a testimony to the 

 quantity of bamboos successfully grown, particularly in the west and south- 

 west of the country. 



2. Festuceae. Annual or perennial herbs with narrow leaf blades. 

 The spikelets are generally all similar, hermaphrodite, two- or 



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