ARUNDINARIA RACEMOSA 
A NATIVE of the Himalaya range, found near Darjeeling, in 
Sikkim, in Eastern Nepal, and in other places, at heights 
varying from 6000 to 12,000 feet. 
It is a small Bamboo of low growth, according to Munro 
from 2 to 4 feet high, though other authorities give it as 
much as 15 feet,’ the stature probably varying according to 
the altitude at which it grows. The culms are brownish in 
colour, and very thick in proportion to their height, being from 
half an inch to as much as 2 inches in diameter. The pale 
leaves, glaucous on the lower surface, are long and narrow, 
very finely serrated, lanceolate, round at the base, or often 
tapering into a short petiole (Munro); the point is long 
and setaceous (bristle-like). The midrib is flanked on either 
side by from three to five secondary nerves. The tessellation 
is conspicuous on both surfaces. The sheaths are striated, 
fringed and ligulate, hairy in a young state, smooth later, the 
ligule fringed. 
Munro says: “This species has very rarely been found in 
flower; and when in foliage only it is extremely difficult to 
distinguish it from THAMNOCALAMUS SPATHIFLORUS. The best 
1 At Derreen in County Kerry it grows to a height of 9 feet 10 inches. 
The plants are five-year-old seedlings. 
