COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACEiE. Ill 



I have seen only tlio dried leaves oi" this species when sewn together and in the state 

 so largely used by the Chinese in packing their tea. I now l)elieve that B. reticiilatu, 

 var. macrophijlla, of llupr. should he referred to this species instead of to Fhyllostachys 

 bambusoides, as it has been at p. 3G al)ove. 



25. B. Cantori, Munro. Foliis chartaceis, 5-8 poll, longis, 1 poll, latis, utrinquc tessel- 

 latis, vaginae ciliis longissimis. 



Hab. in China, Lintao ! Dr. Cantor quoad folia, flores alicni [B. brcviflorat) . v. s. 

 Folia chartacea, oblongo-lanceolata, apice spinoso-acuminata, Imsi vix attenuata in petiohira brevissimum, 

 margine serrata, utrinquc glabra, nervis secundariis utrinque 7-9, vix conspicuis, venulis iransversi.i 

 creberrimis, vix elevatis. Vagince dorso nitidac, lateribus subhirsutaBj margine ciliatae, ore ciliis 

 validis longis fimbriata;, ligula brevi truncata. 



I have already, at p. 90, referred to the flowers which are attached to these leaves in 

 herb. Bentham, and which I have been unable to distin guisli from B. brecijiom. 



26. B. FoRTUNEi, Van Houtte Fl. de Serres, vol. xv. (1863), t. 1535. Foliis membra- 



naceis, angustis, plerumque 3^5 poll, longis et 4-6 lin. latis, interdum 8 poll, longis 

 et 9-10 lin. latis, utrinque pubescentibus et tessellatis, venulis transversis saepe 

 hyalhm. — B. j)icta, Sieb. & Zucc. MS. fide herb. Zucc. sed uon Lind. in Penny Cyc. 

 (1835). B. varicgata, Sieb. MS., Miquel in. Ann. I. c. 285. 



Hab. in Japonia, Kmnpfer, herb. fol. 78!, Burger, in herb. Mvs. Brit.\; "Yokohama, "in sylvis pone 

 Kanagawa, spontanea," R. Oldham, no. 193 ! ; ins. Kiusiu (" Noma Saki" incolis), Pierrot. In hortis 

 Europse ssepissime cult. v. v. et s. 



Culmus suffruticosus, nanus, tenuis, ramosus, teretiusculus, fistulosus, internodiis brevissimis. Folia 

 lineari-lanceolata, subito acuminata, basi subrotuudata, brevissime petiolata, pctiolo hirsuto, margine 

 serrata et saepe ciliis longis fimbriata, supra pubescentia vel demum glabra, subtus pubescentia, vel 

 in speciminibus spontaneis hirsuta, " tota longitudine, albido (in sicco flavido) lato-striato pulchre 

 variegata," majora 8 poll., sed plurima breviora, 3-5-6 poll, longa, nervis secundariis utrinque 3— i 

 parum conspicuis, venulis transversis sat crebris, plerumque hj'alinis, interstitiis oblongis. Vagina 

 sulcato-striata2, primum pubcscentes, cite glabrescentes, margine ciliatjE, apice truncatse, lateribus 

 ciliis paucis fimbriatse, ligula hrevissima, ciliata. 



This pretty grass appears to be quite hardy in England, and will doubtless soon 

 become one of the most popular and commonest of variegated jjlants in all gardens. 



** Venuli transversi minus conspicui, vel obsoleti, vel nulli. 

 (Ordo incipiens a foliis latissimis gradatim ad folia parva angustissima.) 



27. B. WiGHTii, Munrb. " Foliis amplis, 2^-- '1 poll, latis, 12-20 poll, longis, utrinque 



glabris, venulis transversis obsoletis, ligula memhranacea, primum longissima. 



Hub. in Ind. or. Courtalhim, no. 1009!, ]\Ialabar, 117! 1316! ^^lght. v. s. 



Folia oblouga vel oblongo-lanceolata, apice scabro-acuminatissima, basi rotundata, attenuata in petioluni 

 5-9 lin. longum, supra sulcatum, dorso longitudinalitcr rugosum, basi valde iucrassatum, ibidemquc 



