CHAP. VI ARUNDINARIA RACEMOSA 175 
marks of distinction are the roughness of the stem below the 
nodes, the long points to the leaves, and the membrane at 
the top of the vagina and below the articulation of the 
petiole, which is only shghtly hairy. The leaves have often 
long hairs below.” 
The only specimen which I possess of this Bamboo is 
not sufficiently mature to show its characteristics. I am 
informed that it is largely used in the high mountain ranges 
as fodder, besides being employed for the many uses to 
which natives apply the whole family. The great altitude 
at which the plant grows in its native home, and the tessel- 
lation of the leaves indicate a perfectly hardy Bamboo, and 
this has been proved at Kew during the winter of 1895, which 
does not seem to have injured it. Whether it will prove 
to be of any great distinction as an ornamental plant, or 
whether it is only valuable to the curious as an addition 
to their collections, is a fact which remains to be proved. 
Time will show. 
