80 THE BAMBOO GARDEN 
minutely as to deceive the naked eye. The limbus is 
serrated on both edges. The branches being single, it follows 
that the bud-scale at the axil of the sheath differs from that 
of ARUNDINARIA SIMONI in being simple ; it is also narrower 
than the complex bud of the latter species. The internodes 
of the single branch are about as long as those on the 
culm. 
The leaves constitute the chief beauty of the plant. They 
are from 12 to 13 inches long by 3 to 34 inches broad, 
pinched in about an inch from the end and tapering rather 
suddenly to a very fine point. Both edges are serrated with 
very. sharp teeth. The base of the leaf is rounded off and 
ends in a stout petiole. The midrib is very prominent and 
conspicuous, being of a yellowish colour and glabrous. It is 
flanked on either side by a dozen or thirteen beautifully- 
defined secondary nerves, and the network of the tessellation 
is close and very conspicuous. The colour of the leaves is a 
brilliant green above, smooth and shining, while the under 
surface is of a glaucous colour, covered with a very minute 
down visible with a lens, the secondary nerves carrying, here 
and there, tiny white hairs more prominent than the rest, but 
still invisible without a magnifying glass. 
The rhizome is strong, sharply pointed, and very active, 
travelling far. This Bamboo seems to thrive equally well 
under full sunshine or in deep shade ; but it always appears 
to me that the creeping rhizome is inclined to travel more 
in the direction of shade, as if it were seeking its natural 
home. 
A bold group of BAMBUSA PALMATA with a background of 
Hollies, and associated with Lady Ferns and such sympathetic 
