BAMBUSA MARMOREA 
TuIs Bamboo is sent out by Mr. Marliac under the name of 
BAMBUSA KAN-cHIKU. I have ventured to rename it, as it 
has not, so far as I know, been described, and the name Kan- 
CHIKU is somewhat confusing, as there is already a Bamboo 
called KANZAN-CHIKU, a synonym of ARUNDINARIA Hinpsu._ I 
have chosen the name MARMOREA on account of the very 
peculiar appearance of the young culms, which are folded in 
purple sheaths delicately marbled with a pinkish silver-gray, 
through which, near the knots, peep glimmers of the bright 
emerald green and dark purple of the stem itself. The plant 
is a semi-dwarf, not at present more than 3 feet high with 
me, but promising to grow taller in course of time. The 
purple stems, shading off to brilliant, are round and slender, 
about half an inch in circumference in the thickest part. It 
is solid throughout ; the fistula, which is such a conspicuous 
feature in the structure of most Bamboos, being absent. The - 
nodes are very prominent, especially on the side which 
carries the branches, where they project downwards. In 
colour, too, they are peculiar, for whereas in most of our 
Bamboos the purple colour of the stems is most noticeable 
about the nodes, in this the under side of the knot is bright 
green, however purple the rest of the internode may be. The 
