从它初发的嫩枝旁沿茎插一根笔直的杆子；只要这树活着，杆子将一直指着地心。

Thrust a rod from its last shoot down the stem; it shall point to the center of the earth as long as the tree lives.

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叶沿茎松散生长或成半莲座型，叶倒披针形，骤尖，3 - 6厘米长1 - 2，4厘米宽，6 - 8毫米厚，绿色，叶缘红。

Leaves diffuse along the stem or subrosulate, oblanceolate, cuspidate, 3 – 6 x 1 – 2,4 cm, 6 - 8 mm thick, green, margin red.

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