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lobes and usually a smaller one on each side at the base; the lobes, which are 

 half to two-thirds the depth of the blade and lance shaped, each have one to 

 three large teeth or minor lobes at the sides. When they first unfold, the 

 leaves are covered with a thick whitish brown felt composed of stellate hairs, 

 which later falls away, leaving the leaf smooth except near the veins beneath 

 and glossy above; stalk 1A to 3 inches long. Fruit balls two to six on each stalk, 

 1 inch wide, bristly." ( U". J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 

 Isles, vol. 2, p. 203. ) 



42649 to 42673. 



From Yokohama, Japan. Purchased from the Yokohama Nursery Company. 

 Received April 26, 191G. Plants of the following: 

 42649 to 42655. Arundinaria spp. Poacese. Bamboo. 



42649. Arundinaria graminea (Bean) Makino. 



A slender and very hardy bamboo, with stems up to 10 feet high 

 and about one-fourth of an inch in diameter. The leaves are the 

 narrowest in proportion to their length of all the hardy bamboos, 

 being 4 to 9 inches long but not more than half an inch wide. 

 (Adapted from W. J. Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British 

 Isles, vol. 1, p. 215.) 



42650. Arundinaria simonii (Carr.) A. and C. Riviere. 



A very vigorous bamboo, which spreads rapidly by means of its 

 underground suckers, and, with the exception of Arundinaria fas- 

 tuosa, is the tallest of our hardy sorts. It has stems up to 18 feet 

 high, 1 to 1\ inches in diameter at the base, the outer ones arching out- 

 ward. The leaves are narrowly oblong, broadly wedge shaped at the 

 base, with long tapering points, 3 to 12 inches long and one-third to 

 1\ inches wide, vivid green above, and glaucous on one side of the 

 midrib beneath, rather greenish on the other. (Adapted from W. J. 

 Bean, Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, vol. 1, p. 210.) 



" The sheaths nearest the ground are short, though long enough 

 to overlap the internodes, but those of the upper joints, although S to 

 10 inches long, do not exceed the internodes in length. They are at 

 first of a fine green color, shading into purple, which soon fades, 

 however, to a dull yellow. These prominent sheaths, which are 

 thick, stiff, and beautifully glazed on the side next the culm, will 

 easily distinguish this arundinaria from any other common Japanese 

 form." (D. G. Fairchild, Japanese Bamboos, Bur. Plant Indus. Bui. 

 43, v. 32.) 



42651. Arundinaria japonica Sieb. and Zucc. 



A very hardy, handsome evergreen bamboo, having larger leaves 

 than any other species of its height and character that we can grow 

 outside. It maintains a rather tufted habit. The steins are 10 to 

 12 feet high, erect, one-sixth to two-thirds of an inch in diameter, 

 with erect branches near the top. Leaves 7 to 12 inches long, three- 

 fourths of an Inch to 2 inches wide, terminated by a long, taillike 

 point. The upper surface is a dark, glossy green; rather glaucous 

 beneath, except a strip aboul one-fourth of its width near one mar- 

 gin, which is -reen. (Adapted from W. -J. Bean, Tries and Shrubs 

 Hardy in the Britislt Isles, vol. 1, p. 216.) 



