12^ THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. [Voi. xxvi. so. soo. 



Sasa paniculata var. nana Makino et Shibata, 1. c. p. 26. 



Culm laxly ramose above, attaining about 2m. in height, 

 and 6mm. in diameter ; nodes slightl}^ prominent. Leaves 

 more or less pubescent beneath, narrowly albo-marginate 

 by decaying in late autumn and winter. 



Nom. Jap. Miyama-suzu. 



Hab. Japan, mountains. 



This is probably a hybrid between Sasa spiculosa Makino 

 and 5. nipponica Makino et Shibata. 



Besides, Sasa spiculosa, ramosa, albo-marginata, paniculata, 

 chartacea, kurilensis, and tessellata Makino et Shibata belong 

 to this group having also 6 stamens. 



[B) Group of Sasa japonica. 



{a) Stamens 6. 



Sasa spiculosa Makino, nom. nov. 



Arundinaria kurilensis /9. spiculosa Fr. Schmidt, Reis. im 

 Amurl. u. Ins. Sachal. in Mem. Acad. Imp. Sc. St.-Petersb. 

 7 Ser. XII. 2, (1868), p. 198, ex descr. 



Bamhusa borealis Hackel in Bull. Herb. Boiss. VII. (1899), 

 p. 720. 



Arundinaria borealis Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokj^o, XIV. 

 (1900), p. 20. 



Sasa borealis Makino et Shibata in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XV. 

 (1901), p. 24, tab. 1, fig. 7-16. 



Bambusa purpurascens Makino in Descr. Prod, forest. Exp. 

 Univ. 1900 Paris Minist. Agr. et Comm., et in Bot. Mag., 

 Tokyo, XIV. (1900), p. 62 (Jap). 



? Arundinaria purpurascens Hackel, 1. c. p. 716 



Bambusa senanensis Hort. ; Mitf. Bamb. Gard. p. 78. 

 (sp. post.) ; Satow, Cult. Bamb. Jap. in Trans. Asiat. Soc. Jap. 

 XXVII. 3, p. 65 cum icon, non Franch. et Sav. 



Nom. Jap. Suzu-dake. 



The culm is employed to make a traveler's bamboo- 

 basket {take-gSri), which is just like the wicker basket com- 

 monly used. 



(6) Stamens 3 mixed with 4. 



