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GRAMINEjE. 



7 m. altus ad 2 m. altitadinem 3^ cm. in diametro. 



Near JBambusa vulgaris, but differs from it by the nearly solitary and 

 much longer spikelets. Also near B. nana var. normalis, but distinguishable 

 from it by the much longer, iiiternodes, spikelets and leaves. 



Bambusa Fauriei HACKEL (Fig. 56) ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. 

 PI. Formos. p. 549. 



Bambusa liukiuensis HAYATA sp. nov. 

 Frutex. Ranii graciles, ramulis 3-5 foliatis, 

 vaginella 2-3 cm. longa glabra apice auriculata, 

 auriculis oblongo-triaugularibus 1 mm. longis 

 ^ mm. latis apice obtusis oblique prominenlibus 

 margine setosis, setis 5 mm. longis scabris, 

 ligula brevissima % mm. longa integra truneata. 

 Folia lanceolata 5-7 cm. longa 8-11 mm. lata 

 apice acuminatissima basi oblique rotundata 

 vel obtusa ad petiolum 1 mm. loiigum abeuntia 

 margine supra glaberrima subtus glaucissima 

 tenuissime hirsuta margine soabra, nervis 

 secundariis utroque latere costre 4-5, venulis 

 inter secuudarios 7-8 hand tessellatis. Pani- 

 culie composite, ramis fasciculatis, bractea 

 ignota. Spiculre liiieari-fusi formes 2 cm. longse 

 ad nodos solitarine vcl 2-3-fasciculatse sessiles, 

 floribus perfectis 3 et eo imperfecto 1 ; gluuiae 

 non-flori feres inferiores minutse superiores 



majores : valva (fflunia florifera) 12mm. lomra 



Fig. 56, Bambusa Fauriei HACK. 



nervosa glabra fere convoluta acuta ; palea plicata a , a portion of the inflorescence ; b, 



in plicato 10cm. longo If mm. lata apice bifida, a glume o a flower> seen from the 



outer side ; c, the same, with a valva, 



lobis acuminatis 2mm. longis, dorso 2-cariiiata seen from the inner side; d, cross 



ad carinas hirsuta, inter carinas glabra, parti- section of the me > e ' a valva ' seen 



from the outer side ; f, the same, seen 



bus plicatis 1^ mm. latis. Stamina 6, aiitheris f r0 m the inner side; g, the same, in 



linearibus 6-7 mm. longis 1mm. latis apice cross section; b ' a stamen; ! a 



lodicule ; a, natural size ; b, c, e f x 4 

 brevissime 2-lobatis basi sagittato-2-lobatis, i, j x 6. 



