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varying length rise from the top of the stalk. From the same point 

 three rather long grass-like loaves project below the fruiting clusters. 

 Many members of the genus have a very similar appearance 

 and it is not expected thai nonbotanical observers can distinguish 

 them. This is unnecessary, however, as tubers of the chufa for 



FIG. 8. Seed- hearing and immature plants of the chufa. (Much reduced.) 



propagation may be obtained from most seedsmen. The tubers 

 of the chufa are formed at the ends of scale-covered roots tocks. 

 The plant is extremely prolific, cultivated forms usually producing 

 100 tubers to the plant, and instances are known in which more than 

 600 tubers were produced in one season from one tuber planted in 

 the spring. 



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