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quent instances of ramification. In these diagrams L', L?, etc., all 
represent assimilating leaves with sheaths and blades developed as 
ordinary grass leaves, and they differ in no respect from the others 
which are situated at the base of the culms, where they form a 
dense rosette. On the other hand, P*, P?, etc., are prophylla or 
CS: O and 10.—Musvros squarrosa. Diagrams of two fascicles of shoots from 
the apex of two culms: I, the green leaves; p, the fore-leaves; s, the spikelets; for 
further explanation see text. 
fore-leaves, and their form as indicated is almost like their cross- 
Section. Thus their actual position may be readily understood, 
the concave side (dorsal) turning toward the mother axis. S*, S?, 
etc., are the spikelets, of which only the empty glumes and one of 
the flowering have been drawn, in order to show the mutual position 
of the spikelets—median and lateral—and of their respective glumes. 
In fig. 9 the two leaves L' and L? are developed a very short dis- 
