JULY 1 TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1914. 45 



38892 to 38968— Contd. (Quoted notes by Mr. Dorsett and others.) 



38913. Phyllostachys puberula nigra (Lodd.) Houzeau. 



(Phyllostachys nigra Munro.) 



" Stems varying from 10 to 20 feet high in different parts 

 of the country and from one-half inch to 1} inches in diam- 

 eter, very hollow ; at first green, they become with age quite 

 black, the branchlets usually mottled. Leaves in plumelike 

 masses, usually 2 to 3-J inches long, one-fourth to five-eighths 

 inch wide (sometimes larger), of thin texture, dark green 

 above, rather glaucous beneath, smooth on both surfaces, the 

 margins roughened with minute teeth ; secondary veins 3 to 6 

 each side of the midrib. When quite young there is a slight 

 downiness at the base of the midrib beneath. The leaf sheath 

 is terminated by a few erect bristles. 



" Native of China and Japan and one of the most elegant of 

 bamboos ; very distinct because of its black stems. It is quite 

 a hardy species when once established, although it grows much 

 larger in hotter climates. It is the oldest of Phyllostachys in 

 English gardens and according to Loudon was 7 feet high in 

 the Horticultural Society's gardens in 1837." (W. J. Bean, 

 Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 2, p. 152.) 



38914. Arundinaria hindsii Munro. 

 Received as Bambos erecta. 



" The stems tufted, 8 to 10 feet high, round, quite erect, up to 

 1 inch diameter, dark olive green, at first covered with a waxy 

 bloom ; joints often 8 to 10 inches apart ; central pipe large. Branches 

 erect, forming dense clusters at each joint. Leaves mostly erect, 

 dark green above, rather glaucous beneath, smooth on the surfaces, 

 but with numerous bristlelike teeth on one margin and a few scat- 

 tered ones on the other; the longest are S to 9 inches long, the 

 broadest three-fourths to 1 inch wide; the average width is from 

 one-fourth to five-eighths inch, tapered at the base, the apex long, 

 tail-like. Secondary veins 4 to 6 each side the midrib. 



"Native of Japan, cultivated in England since about 1875. It 

 flowered in 1910 and 1911. It is one of the least elegant of bam- 

 boos, similar in foliage to Arundinaria graminea but less copiously 

 leafy and with darker leaves. The stems and leaves are also st on I el- 

 and darker green, the habit is less dense, and the plants do not 

 run so rapidly." (W. J. Bran, Trees mid Shrubs Hardy in the 

 British Isles, vol. 1, p. 216.) 



38915. Sasa tessellata (Munro) Makino and Shibata. 

 (Bambusa tesselata Munro.) 



"Stems 2 to 3 feet high, one-eighth to one-sixth inch in diameter, 

 with a very small hollow up the center; the joints 1 t<> ■ '< inches 

 apart. Stem sheath persistent, 8 to 10 inches long, clasping not 

 only that part of the stem above the joint from which, it springs 

 but also portions of the two or three stein sheaths above it: it is 

 fringed with hairs. Leaves somewhat ribbed, of varying size, the 

 largest 18 inches Ion- and 3 to 4 inches wide in the middle; abruptly 

 tapered at the base, very slenderly pointed, dark green above, glau- 

 cous beneath. The larger leaves have L5 to 18 secondary veins at 

 each side of the midrib, which is yellow, and tucked under one 

 Side of the midrib, especially toward the base, is a line of pale hairs. 



