159. GRAMINEEX. 439 
minute tessellatis. Panicule multispiculifere, congeste, capituli- 
formes, circa 2 poll. longe, ramulos foliiferos terminantes et a 
vaginis spathiformibus foliorum ultimorum (qui transitum ad 
bracteas monstrant) primo obsesse; bractez primarie sub- 
foliacez, superiores breviores, anguste lanceolate, acute; spicule 
3-5-flore (flos suprema imperfecta), rhachilla glabra. Gluma 
sterilis bracteis superioribus subconformis, angusta, e basi ad 
apicem elongatum subpungentem attenuata, glumam fertilem 
infimam subzquans, superne carinulata et sparsius hirsutula ; 
glume fertiles oblong: apice longius pungentes, dorso rotundato 
hirsute, multinerves, infima sepius semipollicaris; palea paullo 
brevior (e. g. 5 lin. longa), cum carinis prominulis, dorso superne 
hirsuta, apice bidentula ; lodicule inzequales, 2 majores obovate, 
apice ciliate, vix 14 lin. longs, tertia conformis sed duplo minor ; 
stamina 3; ovarium pedicellatum, stylus diu persistens superne 
in stigmata 3 plumosa divisus. 
Hurrun: Patung (A. Henry, 4828 ! “used for paper-making "), 
Changyang (A. Henry, 6238!) Ichang (4. Henry, 1698 !), 
West Hupeh (Wilson, 230 A!). Herb. Kew. 
The species is characterized by the short dense capitate 
panicles terminating the leafy shoots. No. 1698 is described 
by Dr. Henry as a “very small bamboo in ditch”; No. 6238 as 
10 ft. high. 
3. Phyllostachys Faberi, Kendle, n. sp. 
Frutex; internodia glabra. Foliorum vagine glabra, stria- 
tule, ore longe fimbriate, fimbrie ad 5 lin. longe; ligula 
truncata, 14 lin. longa; lamina lineari-lanceolata, acuta vel 
acuminata, in ramulis sterilibus ad 6 poll. longa et 8 lin. lata, 
in petiolum bilineum (vel breviorem) attenuata, margine altero 
scabridula, altero levis, vene secundaria utrinque 4-6, inter- 
spatiis minute tessellatis. — am? florentes elongati, aphylli, 
internodia unilateraliter complanata, levia; ramuli primarii 
solitarii subpedales, ad originem et ad nodos quosque distantes 
ramulos secundarios solitarios ad 4 poll. longos gerentes, inter- 
nodia ramulique sursum deminuti ; ramuli ultimi tenues spiculi- 
feri; bractee magne, membranacex, spathiformes, ad 13 poll. 
longe; spicule triflore (flos supremus autem imperfectus) 
distantes. Gluma sterilis vagineformis, sepe cum ligula obso- 
leta terminata, 1 poll. vel longior ; fertilis inferior gluma sterili 
ab internodio bilineo elavato puberulo sejuncta, lineari-lanceolata, 
