PHYLLOSTACHYS SULPHUREA 
A HANDSOME golden-stemmed Bamboo, which in appearance 
has a great affinity with PHYLLOSTACHYS MITIS, though 
Messrs. Riviere see a connection between it and PHYLLO- 
STACHYS FLEXUOSA. It is far stiffer, and has less active roots 
than P. FLEXUOSA ; while the only differences which I can 
detect between it and P. iris are (1) that it is inferior 
in stature; (2) that the stem is, if anything, rather more 
brilliantly coloured, and (3) that the leaves are more sharply 
serrated. In this latter respect P. SULPHUREA seems to hold 
a middle place between P. miris and P. AuREA, the teeth 
being more palpable than in the former, and less so than 
they are in the latter. In other respects the characteristics 
are indentical; indeed I doubt whether there are many 
experts who would back themselves to distinguish between P. 
SULPHUREA and a specimen of P. MITIS of equal size. In 
hardihood P. SULPHUREA is far superior to P. miTIs. Last 
winter (1895), which played sad havoc with the one, left the 
other practically unharmed. 
The Shrubland plants have attained a height of 15 feet 
with a circumference of 23 inches round the stem. 
