ARUNDINARIA FORTUNEI 
A SILVER variegated dwarf Bamboo about 3 feet high. The stem 
is round, fistulous, green, and erect, but rather more zigzagged 
than some of the species of similar habit. The nodes, which 
are not very prominent, are often hidden by the overlapping 
sheaths. The internodes are seldom more than an inch 
apart. The sheath is rather thick for so small a Bamboo, 
fringed on one side with hairs visible under a lens, ter- 
minating in a narrow, strap-shaped ligule bearing tufts of 
hairs, and a very small limbus. The branches are long and 
borne singly or in pairs. The leaves are about 5 inches long 
by a half or three-quarters of an inch wide. They are tessel- 
lated, and both edges are serrated. They are pinched in 
towards the point, rounded at the base, and have a short 
white petiole. There are four or five secondary nerves on 
each side of the midrib. The colour is a bright green, with a 
pure white and beautifully conspicuous striped variegation. 
The plant loses its leaves in winter, but quickly recovers its 
beauty in the spring. The rhizome is active, and the plant 
should therefore be given room to run about at will. 
A very pretty species. 
