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De analyses hebben betrekking op 7 verschillende soorten, hier, 

 in onderstaande tabel aangeduid door de nummers 1 — 7. Verschil- 

 lende analyses eener zelfde soort worden aangeduid door achter- 

 voeging eener kleine letter. 



De rietsoorten waren de volgende : 



No. 1 „What appears to me to be the true Chinese sugarcane, 

 largely grown in parts of Bengal, I believe, and is largely grown 

 in the Kalla Kurchi taluk of the South Arcos district and is grown 

 to some extent in Tanjore. As grown at Kalla-kurchi it is, for 

 plant cane as distinguished from ratoon cane, from 6 to 8 feet 

 long and from i to 1 inch diameter at butt with very little taper 

 to tip. Knots 6" to 8" apart; rind, mellow yellow, or yellowish 

 green, with white silicious bloora, and with thick white silicious 

 incrustation at knots. The cane is very heavy, dense and difficult 

 to crush. The juice is very thick and yields necessarily a large 

 quantity of jaggery." 



No. 2 „A cane largely grown in the neighbourhood of Hospet 

 in the Bellary district, said to be cut in 6th and 7th months after 

 planting. Then green, mellowing to straw yellow at knots, said 

 to become yellow all over if allowed to stand some time longer in 

 the fields. Rattan about 5 feet long and 1^ inches diameter at 

 butt. Straight grown, soft." 



No. 3 „What appears to me to be the Otaheitc Ribbon cane of the 

 Mauritius and the West-Indies, and I believe indigenous to the 

 Malabar coast and originally exported to the Mauritius and brought 

 thence into the South Arcot district some 50 years ago — grown 

 in considerable quantity in the neighbourhood of Nellikuppam. 

 Plant cane soft, usually 6 to 8 feet long, 1 inch to 1^ inches dia- 

 meter at butt, tapering. Color purple with longitudinal spaces of 

 yellow or yellowish green. Spaces between knots usually about 

 6 inches. Very little silicious matter on the rind, even at the 

 knots." 



No. 4 „A yellow or greenish yellow cane, plant cane soft, usually 

 5 to 7 feet long, f to 1 inch diameter at butt, tapering. Spaces 

 between knots usually about 5 inches. But little silicious matter 

 on the rind, except at the knots where it occurs in some quantity 

 thougrh nothing: like to the extent as in the Chinese cane. Grown 



