122 TS.C. Proccedings of the Ninth [N.S., SVE 
in hand wi ot a special feature of = vascular bundle whitt shows to 
ards the outside a prominent sheath of colourle er pe 7 i cells. 
The Shoeevainetts nar He = the Gra amineae is also inds a 
ap comneneeay and the gir type shows varying vp’ he Specialisation 
in grasses. The gir irdle ty i is sonata of Glumiflorae, and the 
girdle ee pe has arisen at a later stage. 
A case of plant surgery.—By L. B. KULKARNT. 
A baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) more than 300 years old and 
vi pagh in girth was so badly attacked by rot that the whole heart of the 
unk had — ppe eared. In 1920 the affected parts were carefully 
and th wood tarred, then the cavity was filled with. 
Ati kad thoroughly enactak over. The tree responded by unusually 
fine foliage: in ot 
Dec Garuga pinnata and Casuarina equisetifolia trees. 
also es pos i caashatly treated. 
Some abnormal 7 appa of Opuntia elatior, Mill.— 
By G. B. Patwa 
The writer has des ia d and photographed several malforma- 
Se of ‘clits of Seaate ator, _ observed in various tracts of the 
mbay Presiden ney. The for in their outline, spininess, form 
aes the position of their Perikin p em ad He has found the peculiar forms. 
aring more often in special situations in ary acts. The shapes 
i d n-lik ; 
forms, all appearing from the norm a phyllet ties: same phylloclade- 
: hown a whole half more of i nee of thorns. 
ae crowding of branches, jskeedhanasatiliey of vegetative and 
reproductive structures is also described. The writer is oe ng to 
propagate the types and is succeedi = to a certain extent. Some of the 
forms a sho owing signs of reproduc fee variant characters. ” Still os 
is too early to give an aaticeltative Be a nt. The ultimate searc 
pats liptridléas: fruit growing from a tio nhyiloctatla or a sae 
A study of Sid genus Triticum in Central India.—By 
G. K. Lx 
A Para and agricultural survey of a crop is essential prior to- 
he commencement o any experimental work devised =e Nea ee 
as particular crop, in the present instance, wheat of walior 
2. The results of wheat investigation done within the Gwalior State 
are veg Sopleable to — rest of Central India 
tanical survey of the wheat crop o the Gwalior Sta 
s r 
cies, D 
on the heavy black soils, and the subspecies, Vulgare, for the irr rrigable 
loamy alluvial soils of Central India. 
; 4, e impor sone - local variety trials = a realised, = 
or the purpose of a critical selection of the most suitable sorts, a collec 
tion of cultivated or from foreign countries ni desirable, if possible 
at the beginning of such a a The response of oo Early 
Barrt, Columbia and some durum wheats ——e introduced from the 
US. of alt wuld has been paliakaatiens at Gwalior 
give more valuable results than the o India, of issuing 
certain wheats from a research station. Productivity plus quality should. 
