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THE BOTA NICA L MA GA ZTNE. 



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A dwarf and 

 prett}' bamboo. 

 Culm slender, grac- 

 ile, attaining sever- 

 al inches in height, 

 ramose. Leaves 



approximate, nar- 

 rowly lanceolate or 

 linear-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, rounded 

 or obtuse at the 

 base, glabrous, 

 thinly chartaceous, 

 green but usually 

 shaded with white 

 on the upper sur- 

 face in the lower 

 ones, the largest 

 one about 7^ cm. 

 long, 1cm broad. 



Nom. Jap. Ake- 

 hono-zasa. 



Hah. Japan, 

 gardens, rare. 



Yii. IV. * 



Arundinaria graminea Makino, nom. nov. 



Bambasa graminea Hort. 



Arundinaria Hindsii var. graminea Bean in Gard. Chron. 

 3rd. Ser. XV. (1894) p. 238 ; Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, 

 XIY. (1900), p. 63 (Jap.). 



Nom. Jap. Taimin-chiku. 



Hab. Japan, cultivated. 



"Very closely approaches to A. linearis Hack, of Liukiu. 

 It is also allied to A. Hindsii Munro, but the culm very much 

 densely tufted and very finely striated on the surface, and 

 darkish green in colour, while in that of A. Hindsii Munro 



