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lata, acuminata, brevissime petiolata, ad 14 poll. longa, 24 lin. 
lata, glabra, ven secundari: 4 a venulis transversalibus creber- 
rimis conjuncte, margine scabridula. J?acemi laterales breves, 
1-14 poll. longi, a bracteis sursum majoribus e basi vaginati ; 
bractez 3 inferiores, 2-9 lin. longs, membranaees (infima 
carinata), 2 sequentes foliacee cum lamina 3-1 poll. longa, 
cetere (ad 5) sursum breviores, 24-6 lin. long, membranaceæ 
et sine lamina, quieque spieulam fovens (spicule sspe 3-florw, 
glume steriles 2, vel in spiculis superioribus 1, fertilibus similes 
sed breviores) rhachis glabra, cum glumis fertilibus pluribus 
(ssepe 6 quarum suprema + abortiva est) terminata. Glume 
fertiles adult late lanceolate, breviter aristatz, dorso hirsu- 
tule, eum venulis secundariis 5 prominulis, 52-6 lin. longi, 
pales e. 42 lin. long, binerves, in carinis et dorso hirsutul:w, 
apice bidentule; lodicule 3, faleate ovate, superne ciliolate, 
vix 1 lin. longs ; anthere 3, 3 lin. long; ovarium. glabrum, 
stylus brevis, stigmata tria plumosa. : 
Uvern: Hsingshan, throughout conifer woods on mountains, 
S000 to 9500 ft. (A. Henry, 6938 !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
A distinct species belonging to the section Thamnocalamus, 
and suggesting the Japanese Arundinaria vaginata, Hack. 
(in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. p. 717), which I have not seen, but 
differing in the details of arrangement of the inflorescence and 
other points. 
9. Arundinaria Wilsoni, Rendle, n. sp. 
Frutex ; internodia teretia, glabra, ad 1$ lin. crassa ; vagine 
culmi internodia (in parte saltem superiore) excedentes, char- 
taceæ, glabra, ramis floriferis arcte circumvolute ; ligula brevis, 
truncata. Foliorum vagine striet:, arcte convolute, glabræ ; 
lamina oblongo-lanceolata, acuminata, basi in petiolum brevem 
attenuata, ad 5 poll. longa, 11 lin. lata, superne glabra, margine 
aspera, subter pilosula, ven; secundarie utrinque 4-6. Rami 
floriferi ad nodos culmi ultimos fastigiati, rarius solitarii; 
panicule parve, effuse, ad 2j poll. longi, et 3 poll. late, 
pedicelli velut rhachi glabri, graciles, flexuosi, sepius patentes, 
interdum nutantes; spicule purpurascentes, sepius 5—7-flore, 
ad 1 poll. longe; glume steriles distantes, insquales, ovate, 
obtuse vel subacute, carinate, in marginibus præcipue supe- 
rioribus puberule, inferior 5-nervis, 1j lin. longa, superior 
