22 THE BOTAyiCAL MAGAZINE. [Voi. xxvi. No. 300. 



Hab. Japan, cultivated. 

 V a r. a u r e a Makino. 



Bambusa aurea Hort. ex A. et C. Riviere, Bambous, p. 262. 

 Phylloslachys atirea A. et C. Riviere, 1. c. 

 Phyllostachjs bambusoides var. aurea Makino in Bot. 

 Mag., Tokyo, XIV. (1900), p. 64 (Jap.). 



Bambos hoteitsik Sitb. Syn. PI. Oecon. Jap. p. 6. 

 Ncm. Jap. Hotei-chiku, Gosan-chiku, Kosan-chiku. 

 Hab. Japan, gpontaneons and cultivated. 



Phyllostachys edulis (Carriere) A. et C. Riviere, 

 Bambous, (1878), p. 183. (Fig. VII.) 



Bambusa edulis Carriere in Rev. Hortic. (1866), p 380; A. 

 et C. Riviere, 1. c. p. 231. 



Bambusa mitis Hort. ex Carriere, 1. c., non Poir. 



Phyllostachys mitis A. et C. Riviere, 1. c. p. 231, figg. 22- 



23 ; Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XIV. (1900), p. 64 (Jap.), 

 et XV. (1901), p. 68, non Bambusa mitis Poir. 



Bambusa mosoo Zoll. Syst. Verz. I. (1854), p. 57. 



Bambos moosoo Sieb. Syn. PI. Occon. Jap. (1830), p. 5. 



Nom. Jap. Moso-chiku. 



Hab. Japan, cultivated. 



This large bamboo was introduced from China formerly ; 

 it flowers, however, extremely rarely in Japan. My Herbarium 

 is lucky to be in possession of the flcriferous specimens, 



var. heterocycla (Carriere) Makino. 



Bambusa heterocycla Carriere in Rev. Hortic. (1878), p. 354. 



Phyllostachys heterocycla Mitf. Bamb. Gard. p. 160 cum 

 icon. 



Phyllostachys mitis var. heterocycla Makino in Bot. Mag., 

 Tokyo, XIII. (1899), p. 267, XIV. (1900), p. 64 (Jap.), et 

 XV. (1901), p. 70. 



Nom. Jap. Kikkochiku (Tortoise-shell Bamboo). 



Hab. Japan, onh' cultivated. 



A monstrous form. 



{To be continued.) 



