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This 



plant grows in the Savanna about King/Ion, and feldom rife 



more 



than four or five inches above the ground 



ARUNDO 





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An, Arundo Indica cluji. 



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Eredia major, caudice bipolicaris diametri, fficdfpatiofc. 



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Arundo Indica Bambufp 



vel tertia. H. M. P. V. no 





The larger wild or Bambu Cane 



This plant is very common in the cooler fwampy bottoms among the mountains, 

 and rifes frequently to the height of twelve or fourteen feet from the root ; it is 

 jointed like other reeds, is about an inch and a half in diameter near the bottom, 

 and tapers gradually to the top j the outward coat is hard and fmooth, and the body 

 farm, and filled with a fofter fibrous fubftance : the whole (talk is Axons and 



elaftic, and generally ufed for wattles in thofe countries where they cover their 

 houfes with tyles or thatch -, for in both cafes they anfwer extremely well, and 



as they grow daily lighter, 

 I have feen them yet ftrong and perfect in 



are obferved to be better than any other fort, 

 and found to continue longer found. 



fome of thofe houfes that have been built by the Spaniards in St. Jago de la Vega, 

 above a hundred years ago ; but thefe are moftly covered with tyles, and feldom 

 yield any accefs to rain or moifture, which is obferved to deftroy them pretty loon j 

 efpecially as the outward bark is frequently broke, in nailing them. They are alfo 

 uied for bafkets, but to prepare them for this purpofe, they are obliged to fplit them 

 into flender flips, and to pare off the inward more pithy part, leaving none but the 

 outward rind and lignous fibres for ufe. The tops of the more tender fhoots of this 

 plant are frequently pickled in America, and very much liked - t they eat very crifp 



and tender. 



ARUNDO 



2. 



Ere 51 a major fluviatilis, culmo ex cava to poll car is diametri 

 Arundo Maxima folio dent at o, &c, Sio. Cat. 32. 



The large hollow Reed. 



This plant is pretty much like the younger fhoots of the foregoing, both in 

 and appearance, but a diftincr. fpecies ; the joints are all hollow, and the ftem 

 commonly to the height of kvm or eight ket : It is frequent on the banks of Spa- 

 nijh-town river in the way to Sixteen-mile walk, as well as in fome other parts of the 



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fize 

 rifes 



Ifland, and does not feem to differ in any thing from the larger Spanifi reed. 





ARUNDO 



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ErecJa minor, panicula laxa fpatiofa, fpicillis difiichis Ian- 

 uginofis. 



The Sea-fide Reed. 



This plant is found below Oxford, in the parifh of St. Thomas\ in the Eaft, and 

 feldom rifes above three feet and a half from the ground; but it grows in a dry fandy 

 place near the fea. Its peculiar characters are thefe : 



Periantium. Gluma multi flora bivahis, valvulis porrecJis acuminatis. 



Corolla 



CoroHula glumofa quatuor 



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quinque per fpicillas languinofas com 



prejfas dijlicho or dine difpofit a funt , Stigmata cirrof 



ARUNDO 4 . Silveftris ramofa tenuis panicula lax a 



Gramen Mill aceumfilvati cum maximum femine albo . Slo.Cat. 34, &H, t. 7 



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The larger Millet Reed. 



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