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Tas.: 6079, 
BAMBUSA STRIATA, 
Native of China. 
Nat. Ord. Graminrraz.—Tribe BamBusea. 
Genus Bampusa, Linn. ; (Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc., vol. xxvi. p. 87). 
Bampusa striata; culmo gracili inermi, internodiis 4-2 poll. diametro viridi 
aureoque striatis cavitate angusto, foliis 6—8-pollicaribus 7-1 poll. 
latis, e basi obliqua obtusa elongato oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis 
subtus subglaucescentibus glabris, ligula brevi truncata ciliata, vagina 
_ levissima, panicule ramis gracillimis, spiculis angustis 3 poll. longis sub- 
ternatim fasciculatis, fasciculis remotis sessilibus, glumis oblongo- 
lanceolatis acuminatis compressis levibus obscure 9-11-nerviis, in- 
feriore longiore, palea inferiore subulato-lanceolata sub-enervi glaber- 
rima, superiore paulo breviore angusta 2-nervi, nervis dorso ciliatis, 
squamulis 3 oblongis ciliatis, antheris 6 paleis equilongis linearibus 
acuminatis rubris demum liliacinis, ovario styloque elongato piloso, 
stigmatibus 2 subulatis. ee a 
Bampusa striata, Loddiges ex Lindl. in Penny Cyclopedia, vol. iii. p. 357; 
Munro Monog. Bambus. in Trans. Linn. Soc., vol. xxvi. p. 121. 
The plant here figured has been, I believe, long known in 
this country as a native of China, and was introduced by 
the Messrs. Loddiges, of Hackney. many years ago. It is 
further cultivated in various tropical countries, and has been 
received at Kew both from the Jamaica and the Calcutta 
Botanic Gardens. In adopting the name s/ria/a, therefore, 
the only cause for hesitation is, that Lindley describes 
Loddiges’ plant as having the leaves narrowed at the base, 
which hardly applies to this, in which they are oblique and 
almost rounded on the lower half of the base and acute in 
the upper. The specimen at Kew, sent from the Calcutta 
Botanic Gardens, is about six feet high, but Lindley describes 
It ag attaining twenty feet, which from its habit it may very 
Well be supposed to do. It belongs to Munros third section 
of the genus Bambusa, which has a long hairy style, and to 
Which the B. vulgaris and two other species belong. 
JANUARY Ist, 1874. 
