ARUNDINARIA HINDSII, var. GRAMINEA 
A SMALLER plant altogether than the last species, but con- 
sidered by the authorities at Kew to be another form of the 
same species. The culms of the plants which I have seen 
are rather over 4 feet high, very slender and delicate as 
compared with the type (No. 13), while the colouring is totally 
different. The dark glaucous pigment, looking as if indigo 
were one of its ingredients, is missing in the smaller species, 
the leaves of which are bright green, while the round, slender 
stem, so richly coloured in the type, is yellowish, and lacks, 
moreover, the waxy bloom to which I have alluded. The 
internodes are from 2 to 5 inches in length, and the nodes 
rather prominent. The leaves are about 9 inches long, seldom 
more than half an inch broad, tapering finely to a very sharp 
point and to a petiole at the base. The secondary nerves are 
about four in number on either side of the midrib, and the 
tessellation is perhaps hardly quite so conspicuous nor the 
leaves so thick as in the type. The edges are serrated, but 
only partially so on one side. The secondary nerves, as in 
the type, are palpable to the touch, and give the leaf, especi- 
ally on the under side, quite a rough feeling. The leaf sheaths 
are fringed at the top. This species being so slender natur- 
ally in a measure loses the erect character which is such a 
feature in the type. 
