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BAMBUSA. 



THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



BAMBUSA. 



which are bright green, are about 4^ inches 

 long by three-eighths to five-eighths of an 

 inch broad. 



PHYLLOSTACHYS HETEROCYCLA. This is 



and partially suppressed internodes at the 

 base of the stem, which sheathe it in plate 

 armour like the scales on a tortoise's back. 

 At about 2 feet or 3 feet from the ground 



called by the Japanese Kiko-chiku, or 

 the " tortoiseshell Bamboo," from the 

 curious arrangement of the alternately 



the nodes are regularly denned, as in other 

 Bamboos. 



P, MARLIACEA. A rare, handsome 



