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Table Y. 
Date. 
No. 7. . 
No. 8. 
! Rainfall, 
, Mean 
Temp. 
1903. 
mm. 
mm. 
mm. 
1 F. 
August 28 
20,000 
__ 
•5 
! 77-5 
29 
70 
— 
— 
77*5 
30 
30) 
— 
— 
77-0 
31 
30 } 
2-0 
- 
75-0 
Sept. 1 
120) 
— 
1 
5*1 
76-0 
2 
120 } 
— 
14*8 
75-0 
3 
160) 
— 
79 
76-0 
4 
160} 
. — 
66-0 
76-0 
5 
200 
23,000 
9*1 
77-0 | 
6 
230 ) 
240 ) 
14-0 
75*0 j 
7 
230 f 
240 C 
•2 
74-0 
8 
220 
110 
1*3 
75-5 j 
9 
230 1 
220 ) 
12-0 
75 0 
10 
230 ( 
220 } 
321 
74-5 
Remarks. 
Surmy 
Sunny 
Morning sun ; after 
noon wet 
Dull ; wet 
Heavy rain in evening 
Morning sun ; after¬ 
noon wet 
Morning sun 
Dull 
Dull ; wet 
Dull ; wet 
The table shows again a very obvious relation between 
growth and rainfall. 
In the above table a bracket indicates that an observation 
was taken only on the second of the two days so connected. 
The figures in these cases represent the average growth for 
each of the two days. 
Giganfochloa aspera* —Measurements were made of 
three growing culms Nos. 11, 12, and 13 belonging to a 
single clump and all situated on the north side of it. This 
clump grew on a slight mound, whereas the clumps of 
Dendrocalamus were all in damp hollows. The heights at 
which measurements of growth was begun were as follows; 
No. 11,103-5 cm. ; No. 12, 610 cm. ; No. 13, 960 cm. And 
the ultimate circumferences a metre above the ground ; 
No. 11, 50-8 cm.; No. 12, 49-5 cm.; No. 13, 49 cm. In 
