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ciliated at the apical margin, many-nerved, with very loose transverse veinlets 

 between nerves, chartaceous or raembranaceo-ehartaceous, minutely pubescent 

 above internally ; the lower one slightly smaller and ovate to oblong-ovate, 

 6^-9 mm. long ; the superior one ovate to elliptical-ovate, 8-10 mm. long ; 

 the lowest one (when 3) smaller and elliptico-ovate. Flowering glume 

 enclosing the rachilla in front, subcoriaceo-chartaceous, glabrous, but minutely 

 ciliated towards the apex and puberulent at the apical tip, thin and 

 subscarious towards the margin, ovate, acute and with cuspidate tip, rounded 

 dorsally, about 5-7 on each side of the midrib, transverse venules loose. 

 Palea slightly shorter than the flowering glume, about 7-10 mm. long, bicari- 

 nate, chartaceo-membranaceous, viridescent, oblong, obtuse or subbifid with 

 incurved lobes and pilose at the apex, ciliated with erect-})atent and 

 spinulose hairs in carinse above, glabrous on margin but often subciliated 

 towards the apex, 2- or sub-3-nerved on the outside of the carina, delicately 

 and loosely reticulato-nerved between carinfe above. Lodicules 3, erect, 

 membranaceous, nervate, ciliated above, subrhombeo-elliptico-ovate, obtuse, 

 the posterior ones slightly oblique in size and subcuneate and thickish below, 

 about 2^ mm. long. Stamens 3, exserted ; filament filiform, glabrous, longer 

 than the anther ; anther lato-linear or oblong-linear, 4-5 mm, long, light 

 yellow, shortly bifid at the apex, bi-auriculated at the base. Ovary oblong- 

 cylindrical, glabrous, about l§-2 mm. long ; style longer than the ovary, 7-8mm. 

 long including the ovary, deeply 3-fid, arms filiform, villoso-plumose, longer 

 than the connate portion, which is enlarged towards the base. Caryopsis 



Nom. Jap. To-chiku. 



Hah. Prov. Tosa : Sakawa, cult. {T. Makino\ Nov. 1892, 1894), Kochi, 

 cult, {T. Mahino\ Dec. 1892); Prov. Totomi: Washidzu, cult. (T. MaJdnol 

 Oct. 18-94); Prov. Yamashiro : Mukomachi, cult. {T. Maldno\ Nov. 6, 

 1894); Prov. Mino: Kusafuka, cult. {T. 31ahino\ Aug. 1899); Prov. 

 MusASHi : Tokyo, Bot. Gard. Koishikawa, cult. (Herb. ! Sc. Coll. Imp. Univ. 

 Tokyo; T. Makinol Nov. 17, 1894); Prov. Iyo : Matzuyama, cult, {K. 

 Okudairal no. 96, Sept. 1901, June 1903). 



This bamboo is found in the middle and southern Japan, cultivated 

 in gardens as an ornament or sometimes as a hedge plant. It is no-where 

 found wild in this country. It was introduced from China in olden 

 time, hence the name To-chiku (Too-tsik), i. e., a Chinese bamboo. The 

 peculiarity on this bamboo is its elongated internodes, which are, however 

 without special value. The shoot is unedible. The flower is rarely met 

 with, and for the floriferous specimens I owe to the kindness of Mr. 

 Kan-ichi Okudaira. 



