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XXVI. Photographs of dissected plants in the Sunnabile group, Naanal and 

 Sunnabile. 

 XXVII. Diagrams of the branching system in the above. 

 XXVIII) Photographs of dissected plants in the Mungo group, Hemja and 

 & XXIX. / Kuswar. 



XXX. Diagrams of the branching system in the above. 

 XXXI. Photographs of dissected plants in the Thick cane group, Java and 



Red Mauritius ratoons. 

 XXXII. Diagrams of the branching system in Java and Red Mauritius. 



XXXIII. Diagrams of the branching system in Red Mauritius ratoons. 



XXXIV. Photographs of wild Saccharums, S. spontaneum (common form), 



S. spontaneum (Dacca pond form), S. arundinaceum and S. Muiija. 

 XXXV. Diagrams of branching system of Saccharum spontaneum, common 



form at Coimbatore, grown from sets. 

 XXXVI. Diagrams of branching system of Saccharum spontaneum, Dacca pond 



form, grown from sets. 

 XXXVII. Diagrams of branch g system of Saccharum Munja and Saccharum 

 Narenga. 



Text figures, p. 80. Reconstruction of diagrams of branching in 

 Stubbs's Louisiana plants. 



