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owing to the midrib and margins being finely toothed. Fls. in several erect plume- 

 like silvery panicles rising from centre of tuft; spikelet with two or more fls. 

 South America. (Fig. 39 b.) 



EuLALiA (MiscANTHUs) JAPONICA. 6. E. Stems herbaceous, green. Ls. hnear, 

 12 X I, entire, green with white midrib. Fls. in large purplish brown panicles, erect 

 at first but later bending over. Japan. 



Variety variegata. Ls. striped with white. 



Variety zebrina. Ls. with cross-bars of yellow or white. (Fig. 39 c.) 



PHYLLOSTACHYS. Hardy Bamboo. Stems woody, zigzagged, flattened 

 above joints. Like Arundinaria and Bambusa, the plant flowers very rarely, after 

 which it dies; stamens three. (Fig. 40 l.) 



{a) Stems yellow 



P. aurea. 15. E. Stems stiff, erect, a swollen band below each joint. Ls. 4x1. 



Japan. 

 P. Castillonis. 10. E. Stems very hollow, dark green on flattened parts. 



Ls. 5 X f , usually striped with yellow. Japan. 

 P. mitis. 20. E. Stems arching. Ls. 5 X f . Japan. 



{b) Stems not yellow 



P.flexuosa. 8. E. Stems green, then black; margin of sheath not hairy. 



Ls. 4 X |. Japan. 

 P. Henonis. 15. E. Stems very hollow, arching outwards. Ls. 3 X |, tufted. 



Japan. 

 P. nigra. 20. E. Stems very hollow, green at first, then black; margin of 



sheath hairy. Ls. tufted, 3 X |. Japan. 

 P. Quilioi. 20. E. Stem-sheaths conspicuously mottled. Ls. in tufts, 8x1. 



Japan. | 



P. viridi-glaucescens. 20. E. Stems very hollow, arching, branched from base; ' 



sheaths striped with purple. Ls. 5x1. China. 



