350 



bus et recurvis. Staminodia 12, sessilia, antheris, linearibus 

 acutis villosis, Ovariuvi dense pallide brunneo-pubescens, 8- 

 loculare ; styli 4, inferne connati, villosi ; stigmata bifida. 

 Fructus globosus, 2*5 cm. diametro, luteus, jnlis albidis vel 

 pallide bruuiieis decidnis j^lus minusve tectus; calyx persistens, 

 accrescens, patuliis. 



Ixdo-Chiis'a. Burma; Maymyo Plateau, 1050 m., Lace 3119, 

 3198, 5191, 5196, 519T. Pegu, Kurz 1008. 



860. Arundinaria vagans, Gamble (Gramineae-Bambuseae) ; 

 species nana, rliizomate late vagante insignis et virgulta deusa 

 cito faciens. 



Frutex erectus, 1-1-5 m; altus, e rbizoniate s\ibterraneo late 

 vagante culmos singulos per intervalla proferens. Culrni gra- 

 ciles erecti, fistulosi, prope basim circa 5 mm. diametro, inter- 

 nodiis 12-20 cm. longis teretibus sub nodis albescentibus ; cata- 

 pliylla straminea, 8 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata, glabra, ore truncata 

 et ut lamina perbrevis ciliis paucis cito deciduis munita. Folia 

 cliartacea, lineari-lanceolata, sub apice setaceo-acuminato con- 

 tracta, basi rotundata, pilis nonnullis sparsis exceptis glabra, 

 subtus moUiter hirsuta, utroque margine scabra, 12-18 cm. 

 longa, 2-2-5 cm. lata; nervi utrinque 5-6, minoribus circa 6-8 

 interpositis et venulis transversis conspicue sed irregulariter 



mm 



vaginae striatae, ore ciliis paucis cito deciduis minutae; ligula 

 brevis, rotundata, pubescens. Flores Ignoti. A. j^fgwaea, Kew 

 Gardens Arboretum List, 2nd ed. 1902, p. 783, hon Kurz. Bam- 

 husa pygmaea, Mitford, The Bamboo Garden, p, 112-113; Bean, 

 Trees and Slirubs, i. 218, et aliorum non Miquel. 



A remarkable species growing gradually and quickly into 

 dense thickets of about 1 metre liiiih. Its origin is not 'known 



&"• -^'^^ ^^^b 



but it is probably from Japan. It has long been cultivated at 

 Kew and elsewliere. Lord Eedesdale says of it: ''Small as this 

 bamboo is, it is a most determined little vagabond, its rampant 

 rhizomes forcing their way everywhere, especially where they 

 are not wanted, and taking no denial. It is a most valuable 

 plant for making a thick carpet in a wild place, defying all 

 attacks of frost or weather, as happy in winter as in summer, 

 gay and bright at all times of the year, and a deadly foe to weeds; 

 but beware of it in a border; it invades everything, and will soon 

 crowd out less sturdy neighbours. I have even had to diff up a 

 gravel path to get rid of it." (The Bamboo Garden, p. 110.) 



XXXin.— SIR JAMES MURRAY. 



S. A, Skax. 



It is not our purpose to attempt a biographical sketcli of the 

 ±.ditor of 2 he New English Dictionary. In many places 

 since Ins deatli on July 26tli, more or less detailed accounts of 

 His busy and eminently useful life have appeared, and in some 

 ot them, there are allusions to the Roval Botanic Gardens, Ke^v, 

 as one of the many sources from which help ^^-as obtained in 

 tHe preparation of his monumental work, help that is fully 

 acknowledged m the prefaces to the various volumes. A note 



