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out, much shorter than the lower ones. The mode of development of a 
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Fig. 3. Diagram of the stemtop of the sugarcane Bandjermassin hitam, showing 
only vegetative characters. The lengths of the leaves 1/,, natural size. 
leaf proceeds in such a way, that the leafblade has almost attained full 
size before the sheath begins to stretch. At the leaf — 6, the length of the 
sheath was negligeable while the blade had already a length of 72 cm. 
Fig. 4 represents the top of a glagah-stem not showing any signs of 
flowering. The blades as well as the sheaths of the leaves 1 —9 have the 
