ARUNDINARIA HUMILIS 
CoMMONLY called ARUNDINARIA FORTUNEI VIRIDIS, as if it 
were a green form of the silver variegated ARUNDINARIA 
ForTUNEI from which it is quite distinct in many essential 
particulars. 
The culms grow to a height of from 2 to 3 feet. They are 
slender, fistulous, round, and slightly flattened at the top; 
and, though they are slightly zigzageed, the habit of the 
plant is erect. The internodes are from 2 to nearly 5 
inches long. The nodes are not very prominent. The 
ramification is in twos and threes, and the branches are 
inordinately long in proportion to the length of the culm. 
On a stem of 30 inches I find two branches over 20 inches 
in length. The sheaths are of a purplish colour at first, 
withering to a dull straw colour. When young they are 
very hairy at the base, and perserve to the end a fringe of 
delicate hairs, visible under the lens, on one edge. The ligule 
is very small, slightly arched, and furnished with very 
minute hairs. The limbus is minute and soon drops off. 
The leaves, which are of rather a paler green than most 
Bamboos, show little difference in colour between the upper 
and lower surfaces. They are smooth, and serrated on both 
edges ; about 4 to 6 inches in length, tapering to a very fine 
