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develop successively, the stems being quite unequal in length. 

 The connection with the parent stem may last for some time, new- 

 shoots from 12 to 25 centimeters high beine found attached to the 



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end of a stem, but the union is so slight at that stage that it is 



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broken with the slightest disturbance. (Figs. 2 a and 2 b.) The 

 connection is strong until the new shoots are well rooted. 



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ing to illustrate this paper. 



Explanation of Plate 344 



*ig. x . Eleocharis melanocarpa Torr., showing culms proliferous at the summit 

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natural size. 



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Fig. 2 a-2 b. Young plants so produced, basal portions, natural size. 

 *1G. 3. Achene, enlarged 5 diameters. 



Fig. 4. Spike, natural size. 



* *^. 4 . opiKe, natural size. 



Fig. 5. Proliferous bud showing protuberance (a) from which roots spring, enlarged 

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5 diameters. 



Fig. 6. Proliferous bud, older stage, with root, enlarged 5 diameters 



