PLANTS MENTIONED IN CLASSICAL WORKS. 395 
medio nervo pulchre candicantibus. This is probably Phyl- 
— lostachys bambusoides, 8. & Z., var. albomarginata, Miq. 
The Phon zo figures many bamboos under their Chinese — 
and Japanese names. . 
Stesotp [in the Syn. plant. econ. jap., 17-33] enumerates 
17 Japanese bamboos under their Japanese names, and 
classifies them according to the dimensions, the form and the 
outside appearance of the stem :— 
BAMBUSA. 
Secrio A.— Tare, ff. CuLmo Ramoso ARBORESCENTE. 
(a.)—Culmo tereti Jistuloso. 
17.—B. matake. % (bitter bamboo), 7f 4 (bamboo 
= from the Chinese province Kiangnan). Soboles suppeditant 
 baculos quisitos, ac culmi juniores victum; adulti ad sedifi- 
candum fabricandumque vulgo adhibentur. Pie @ 
The Phon zo keeps the bitter bamboo and the Kiangnan 3 
bamboo apart. LIL, 5, 2 #4 2% (bitter bamboo-sprouts) and 
—XCIV, 12, 13, 10 7. i 
The bitter bamboo He ku chu is noticed in the Chu on 
_ or Chinese treatise on bamboos. It is said to be commonly 
a cultivated in China. Its sprouts are of a bitterish sweet 
r | taste. There are two sorts, a white and a purple. 
18.—B. metake. Culmi in conficiendis muris pape oe 
Stratum inserviunt. ie 
<ee This is the Arundinaria japonica, Sg, & Z, See Rance? 
— &8avarien, Enum, plant. Jap. U, 182 ; Revibne, 16, 297 
19.—B. tootsik. Culta in hortis. E China introducta 
eB . narihira take. Culta ad seepes- 
