104 THE BAMBOO GARDEN CHAP. VI 
point, the largest about seven-eighths of an inch in breadth. 
The base is rounded and ends in a petiole. There are four 
or five secondary nerves on each side of the midrib. 
ARUNDINARIA HUMILIS is a very pretty plant, but with 
me dies down in a hard winter. The following spring, 
however, it shoots up with renewed vigour, and as the 
rhizome is very active, it soon spreads over a large surface. 
