n. GENERAL LIST OF CHARACTERS DEALT WITH, FOLLOWED BY 

 A SUMMARY OF THE CHIEF DIFFERENCES NOTED IN THE TWO 

 GROUPS, ARRANGED IN TABULAR FORM. THE NUMBERS 

 OPPOSITE THE CHARACTERS CORRESPOND WITH THOSE IN 

 THE DETAILED LIST OF DIFFERENCES IN SECTION V. 



List of Characters. 



I. General — ■ 



Erect 11 ess of youny; shoots 



Habit and mode of i^rovNlh. 



Tillering. 



Dissection ol stools. 



Flowering. 



Anthesis. 



II. Cane — ■ 



(1) Length of stripped cane. 

 Number of joints in the cane. 

 Average length of the mature 



joitits. 

 Average thickness of the 



cane. 

 Cane module. 



III. Colour and markings of the cane — • 



(1) General. 



(2) Striping. 



|3) Black incrustations. 

 (4) Bloom. 



IV. Joint characters — ■ 



(1) Groove. 



(2) Circlet of hairs. 



(3) Soar baud and scar line. 



Seed production and seedlings 



obtained. 

 Number of dead leaves on the 



cane. 

 Length of cane bearing these. 

 Length of living leafy shoot. 

 Total length of plant. 



(2) Ovalness and thickness in 



different parts of the cane. 



(3) Length of joints in different 



parts of the cane. 



(5) Blackening. 



(6) Corky markings. 



(7) Colour of growth rings. 

 Colour of root zones. 



(4) Growth rings. 



(5) Root zones. 



