VARIETIES OF THE CANE. 



Mauritius Canes. Referred to by the initial M. The following 

 notes were collected during the writer's residence in this island where 

 systematized work has been absent. 



M. 33. A green recumbent cane, with some peculiar abortive joints ; 

 medium girth, long internodes. 



M. 53. A dark purple, medium-sized cane. 

 M. 80. A reddish-purple stout cane. 



M. 131. A small upright purple cane, extremely prolific in number of 

 canes to a stool. 



Java Canes. Of the very many canes raised in Java, the most 

 prominent are described below; of these P.OJ. 100. is a cross between a 

 black Borneo cane and an unknown father; Bouricius 247 is a cross between 

 the Canne Morte or Red Fiji (male) and the Cheribon (female) ; these were 

 obtained by Wakker and Bouricius. The others were obtained by Kobus from 

 crossing Cheribon canes with Chunnee, and to him I am indebted for the 

 descriptions below. 



S3 P.O.J* (I.) Dark violet, brown red when older; (2.) Thick all 

 over the internodes ; (3.) Constricted ; (4.) Straight line ; (5.) Spherical, small, 

 not prominent; (6.) Invisible ; (7.) 2-3 ; (8.) White ; (9.) Green, pink where 

 sun-exposed; (10.) None; (11.) Green; (12.) Narrow, upright, not bending; 

 (13.) Strongly lobed at one side, slightly lobed at the other side ; (11.) An 

 upright, long, strong cane, does not arrow, immune to sereh. 



86 P.OJ. (1) Green; (2.) Fairly thick all over the internodes; (3.) 

 Somewhat constricted ; (4.) A straight line ; (5.) Cordiform ; (6.) Invisible ; 

 (7.) 2-3; (8.) White ; (9.) Green, pale pink where sun-exposed; (10.) None; 

 (11.) Green; (12.) Narrow, long, bending near top; (13.) Slightly lobed on 

 one side; (14.) A long hard and strong cane, arrows sparsely 2 and $ 

 sterile ; immune to sereh. 



100 P. O.J. (1.) Golden to light brown with fiery red sunburnt patches ; 

 (2.) In a ring under the nodes ; (3.) Cylindrical; (4.) Faintly zigzag ; (5.) Oval 

 when young, somewhat swollen or prominent later ; (6.) Distinct on two- 

 thirds of the internodes; (7.) 3-4; (8.) White; (9.) Green, pink where 

 sun-exposed; (10.) Dense thick hairs on back and sides ; (11.) Yellowish-green; 

 (12.) Broad, not very long, bending near top ; (13.) Slightly lobed at one side ; 

 (14.) An upright, rather short cane, very sweet, ripens early, arrows 

 profusely, $ fertile, sterile, nearly immune to sereh. 



*(1.) Colour ; (2.) Wax ; (3.) Shape of interuode ; (4.) Arrangement of internodes ; (5.) Shape 

 of eye ; (6.) Channel above eye ; (7.) Rows of roots ; (8.) Colour of pith ; (9.) Colour of leaf 

 sheath ; (10.) Pilosity of sheath ; (11.) Colour of leaf blade ; (12.) Shape of leaf blade ; (13.) At 

 junction of sheath aud blade, the former is ; (14.) General characters. 



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