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[[16 m at top of vertical line drawn on left margin with 8 divisions, each marked with a 2]]
new culms [[written diagonally]]
[[two lines drawn from lower left to upper right, divided into segments with numbers in each division]]

[[left column]]
5
20
26
29
35
36
34
35
35
35
33
33
*32
33
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44
47
50
48
47
[[right column]]
47
48
47
50
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50
52
48
47
44
39
31
16

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Huge Merotachy probably up to 20 m or + growing about [[?]] 16 m
Large [[clum?]] of thick culms erect and bending over at top with very dense crown of branches at nodes
Culm [[strikethrough]] smooth free, +/- 3.5 cm diameter or more - 4 cm.
Nodes thick (as to like in 1e thick [[Mero?]])
Nodes with thick leathery black band, [[spending?]] in [[thines?]] branches
Many, many thick branches x node

Transcription Notes:
It is possible the line drawings represent plants with measurements between nodes.