Explanation of Figures. 

 Plate XXIX. 



Pig. 1. Leaf of savannah form of Imperata arundinacea. 



„ 2. Base of lamina and apex of sheath of same showing ligule. 



„ 3. (a) Stolon of same covered with membranous sheaths, (b) young aerial culm 

 developing from terminal bud of stolon (a), (c), (c), stolon branches devel- 

 oped from the nodes of stolon (a). 



„ 4. Shows the same but with the sheaths removed to show the internodes. Lettering 

 as in Pig. 3. 



„ 5. Base of mature flowering-culm of same showing 14 short internodes at the 

 base (a) — (a). S, S, stolons. 



„ 6. Base of mature flowering-culm of same showing 11 short internodes at the base 

 (a) — (a); S, S, stolons. 



,, 7. Culms of same showing transition from glabrous to densely bearded leaf- 

 insertions. 

 All figures x f . 



