ARUNDINARIA ARISTATA 
To Lord Annesley, I believe, is to be assigned the credit: of 
having been the first to introduce this species into our 
islands, and it is to his kindness that I am indebted for 
the specimen in my possession. Though still travel-sick, 
it seems to indicate a bright and ornamental Bamboo, and 
as it flourishes at a height of some 11,000 feet in the north- 
eastern Himalayan range, and has tessellated leaves, there 
is every reason to hope that it will prove a valuable and 
hardy addition to our gardens. The culms of my plant are 
about 5 feet high, of a purplish brown colour. The internodes 
about 4 inches long, but from so immature a plant it is not 
possible to judge accurately of the ultimate development of 
which it is capable. The nodes are fairly prominent, the 
stems much branched. 
The leaves are of a bright green colour, shghtly glaucous 
on the lower surface. They are long and narrow, about 4 
inches in length by a quarter or three-eighths of an inch in 
breadth, tapering to a very fine point. The petiole is quite 
inconspicuous or absent, the leaf appearing to be sessile. 
The edges are very slightly serrated; indeed, the.teeth are 
hardly perceptible. There are from three to five secondary 
nerves on either side of the midrib, which is well defined 
