EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Plate X. 



Fig. 1. — A bud of Yellow Caledonia cane, showing a nan-o\v, nuiform margin, 

 without lobes, and a barbate apex. X about 3i/^. 



Pig_ 2. — A bud of B 208, showing a margin with large lobes and a barbate 

 apex. X about 3. 



¥ig. 3. — A bud of the same variety, expanded, showing the globoid point. 

 X about 3. 



Fig. 4. — A portion of the leaf -sheath of Cavengerie cane, showing setae. 

 X about 3%. 



Fig. 5. — The ciliated leaf -scar, occurring on B 3747, B 3355 and B 1356. 

 X about .^i/o. 



Plate XT. 



Fig. 1. — Otaheite. Distinguished by its somewhat tumid internodes and its 

 sub-eliptical to ovate buds. X about %. 



Fig. 2. — Eayada. Distinguished by its stripes and the broadly ovate to ovate- 

 acuminate buds. X about %. 



Plate XII. 



Fig. 1. — Crystallina. Distinguished by its glaucousness, its typical plump 

 internodes and its broadly ovate-acuminate to triangular buds. X about %. 



Fig. 2. — Yellow Caledonia. Distinguished by its ahuost cylindrical inter- 

 nodes and the fine cracks in the epidermis of the internodes. X about %. 



Plate XIIT. 



Fig. 1.- — B 3'47. Distinguished by its long ovate to oval buds, and the 



light-colored blotches on the internodes. X about y^. 



Fig. 2. — B 3412. Distinguished by the medium thin stalks and the promi- 

 nant expanded buds. X about %. 



Plate XIV. 



Fig. 1. — ^B 208. Distinguished by its plump internodes, the shoulder above 

 the node, and the expanded, globoid buds. X about %. 



Fig. 2. — B 6450. Distinguished by the shape of the internodes and the ovate 

 to triangular buds. X about %. 



Plate XV. 



Fig. 1. — B 31859. Distinguished by the more or less staggered and tumid 

 internodes and the plump, expanded buds. X about %. 



Fig. 2. — B 4596. Distinguished l)y its straight-sided, almost cylindrical in- 

 ternodes, and the wide margin and large lobes of the buds. X about %. 



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