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very prominent, and has about eight secondary nerves on 
either side of it. The glaucous colour on the under side is, 
as usual, caused by a thick felting of very minute silvery 
down. The petiole is purple on the upper side, yellow on the 
lower. The edges of the leaves wither in late autumn, giving 
the plant, during the winter, a variegated, but somewhat 
shabby appearance; but the thick new foliage which comes 
with the renewal of spring is very beautiful, and for covering 
what Professor Sargent calls “the forest-floor,’ and ousting 
all weeds and noxious rubbish, this little Bamboo is invalu- 
able. Once it is established nothing can stopit. The Japanese 
eall it Kuma-zaAsa,' “the edged dwarf Bamboo”; but unfor- 
tunately Munro, in his ignorance of the language, has given 
that name to another species. (See the remarks below on 
PHYLLOSTACHYS KUMASASA or VIMINALIS.) I am told on good 
authority that some botanists claim this species as belonging 
to the Bambusze verze, or true Bamboos. 
BAMBUSA SENANENSIS 
A plant was received last year from Japan under this 
name. I cannot at present detect any difference between it 
and ARUNDINARIA VEITCHI. However, Mr. Watson, of Kew, 
tells me that some botanists regard it as a distinct species. 
The Japanese name for it is YAKIBAZASA, the “sword-edged 
dwarf Bamboo.” There is another Bamboo, a tall species 
used for making furniture, etc., which also goes by the name 
of SENANENSIS, and which the Japanese call Supzu-DAKE, the 
“Reed Bamboo.” 
1 Or Kokumazasa, ‘‘ the lesser-edged Bamboo,” when the name Kumazasa 
is applied to Bambusa palmata. 
