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* ; and by help of Uieir piny branches so buuud together that 

 it u a most arduous task to cut down nu uld clump of them. The 

 toon are from 80 to 50 feet long. 



5. A TtUda, Iloxb. Not hpiny ; leaves broad, rounded or heartr 

 ahaped at the base. (Tl,l.i Ban* in Bengal; Pflai Bant of the 

 Hiudooa.) Common all over Bengal IU growth in so rapid that the 

 tern*, which are sometimes aa much an 70 feet long and 12 inches in 

 circumference, line to their full height in about 30 days. Before their 

 bteral ahooU are formed, they are described as resembling fishing-rods 

 of immense size. The young thick shoot*, when about two feet high, 

 are tender, and form an excellent pickle. It is chi.-ily used for 

 scaffolding and fur covering the house* of the native* ; it u found to 

 laot much longer if steeped in water some time before being used. Of 

 this species Dr. Roxburgh mention* several varieties. Jotca Bant is a 

 larger variety, with longer and thicker joints ; Batiui BOM has a 

 larger cavity, and is chiefly used to make baskets. Bthoor Bant is of 

 a small size, very solid and strong, much bent to one side, and armed 

 with numerous strong thorns. A staff of it is placed in the hand 

 of every young Brahmin when invested with the sacerdotal robe. It 

 is probably a distinct species. 



0. B. Baicooa, Koxb. Not spiny ; leaves narrow, heart-shaped at 

 the base. (Baicoo Bant in Bengal) A native of Bengal, and even 

 more gigantic than the last It is reckoned by the workers in bamboo 

 the very best for building purposes. Previously to being used, it is 

 immersed in water for a considerable time. Two varieties are distin- 

 guished : Dhooli Baicoo, the larger, and Baicoo Ban*, which is smaller 

 and stronger, with a less cavity. 



1. B. Blumeana, Schultes. Armed with triple recurved spines : 

 leaves very narrow, quite smooth, suddenly tapering into a short stalk. 

 A native of Java. Stems about as thick as a child's arm. 



8. B. ayratit, Poir. Stems crooked, at the lower part very spiny ; 

 leaves narrow, small, smooth. On mountains, and in dry and desert 

 places in all China and Cochin China ; it is common also in various 

 ifflM^Vf hi the Malay Archipelago. Its crooked sometimes creeping 

 stems and rugged aspect distinguish it The trunk is a foot thick, 

 and the joints (we presume near the base) a foot and a half long, and 

 often nearly solid. 



9. /(. Tliuuiirtli, Kuuth. Stems very much branched. Found wild 

 in Madagascar, where however it is not believed to be indigenous. 



10. B. mitit, Poir. Stems perfectly unarmed ; leaves very narrow, 

 and clasping the stems at their base. Cultivated ill the fields and 

 hedges of Cochin China, and found wild in Aiuboyua, where several 

 supposed varieties exist Its stems grow 30 feet long, and are said by 

 Kumphius to be the strongest of all the species, although its sides are 

 thin. It is sometimes as wick as a man's leg. 



11. B. mtLfiaia, Poir. Stems very straight, branching only near the 

 summit, and densely covered with spines. The most gigantic of all 

 the species, from 80 to 100 feet high, and sometimes as thick as 

 a man's body. Its wood is however very thin. It is found wild 

 in Cambodia, Bally, Java, and various islands of the Malayan 

 Archipelago. 



12. B. atpera, Schultes. Stems covered all over with a sort of 

 white mealy down. Fo-.md at the foot of mountains in Amboyna, 

 with stems from 60 to TO feet high, and as thick as a man's thigh. 

 It does not branch, but emits little hard spine-like roots at its nodes. 



13. B. apiu, Schultes. .Leaves very huge, taper-pointed, and gra- 

 dually narrowing to the base, extremely scabrous at the edge. Ano- 

 tli.-r gigantic species, with the dimensions of the last, growing on 

 Mount s.il.ik, in Java. 



It. /;. Billing, Schultes. Leaves very large, taper-pointed, narrowed 

 at the base into a sort of bristly very short stalk, very scabrous at the 

 edge and on the upper Hiirfoce. Found in Java with the last, and 

 remarkable for its extremely broad and scabrous leaves. Its dimensions 

 are not stated. 



15. B. nuji-a, Loddiges. Not spiny. Stems slender, swelled at the 

 nodes, dark-brown, and polished, not more than a man's height 

 Leaves narrow, very smooth, rouiided and narrowed at the base into 

 a short stalk ; ligule with long stiff fringes. A native of the neigh- 

 bourhood of Canton, where its beautiful slender stems are cut fur tin 

 handles of parasols, walking-sticks, &c. It U by far the most patient 

 of cold, having been living for several years without protection in i 

 morass in the garden of the London Horticultural Society, and is no 

 doubt capable of being acclimated in the south-west of England or on 

 the west coast of Ireland. 



16. B. arutata, Loddige*. Stems slender, smooth, not spiny 

 Leaves very smooth, narrowed gradually at the base into a short 

 stalk ; with downy fringed sheaths. Ligules divided into very lonf 

 coarse fringes. Nodes mealy when young. Native of the Eas< 

 Indies. A very elegant species, related to the hut 



1 7. H. nana, Koxb. A native of China. U makes most beautifu 

 clone hedges. 



18. B. pubaceni, Loddiges. Not spiny. Young shoots, leaf-sheaths 



underside, Uperiug into a short stalk at the bane, quite Muoth, 

 a few short black hairs on the shoaths. A native of China. 

 Often cultivated in the hot-houses of England on account of its 

 beautiful variegated stems. Grows al. -h. 



20. B. ylauea, Loddiges. Not spiny. Stems very slender, pale 

 ;raen. Leaves very small, not downy, tspcr-poiotoa, almost heart- 

 taped at the base, covered on the under surface with very close 

 night glaucous bloom. Leaves scarcely above an inch long, and not 

 more than two lines broad. A native of India, whence it was procured 

 iy the Messrs. Loddiges. A very remarkable species, not grow in-- 

 above 2 feet high, with entangled branches. 



II. Atiatie Bamboot, icith the Flown not Paniclctl, but in liuiple 

 Ttrwinal H'horUd 



and leaves on the under side, covered with short down. A very 

 remarkable species, obtained by thu English from the collections o 

 Prance. Its native country in unknown. Thu stems are 30 feet long, 

 and an inch and a half in dian 



19. B. ttriata, Loddiges. Nut .-piny. Sterna slender, polished 

 yellow with given stripes. Leaves narrow, rather glaucous on the 



21. }!. i; rtii -illiitii, \Villd. Leaf-sheaths covered with stinging hairs. 

 Stems whitish. Fifteen or sixteen feet high, and when full-grown of 

 a pole colour, which becomes nearly white in drying. The hairs of 

 ;he leaves occasion so much itching, that this kind is troublesome to 

 collect It is the Ltltba alba of Ktunphius, who says the edges of 



ts leaves are so sharp as to wound the gatherers. It is found in 

 Amboyna. 



22. It. atra. Leaf-stalks covered with stinging hairs. Stems block 

 and shining. Very like the lost, and found also in Amboyna. It 

 chiefly differs in the colour of the stems. It is the LeMta, niyra of 

 Rumphius. 



j:l. II. prara. Leaves very large, stiff, and broad, extremely hispid 

 with stinging hairs. The most common in Amboyna, forming large 

 woods, which come down to the coast It flourishes equally in <! 

 moist situations, and is readily known from the others of this - 



its very large leaves, which are aa much as 18 inches long and 



3 or 4 inches broad. 



24. B. pitta. Joints very long, variegated with white and green. 

 Leaves narrow and not very hairy. Common in Cerama, Kelanga, 

 Celebes, and some other Malayan islands. Its joints are as much as 



4 feet long and about - inches thick : the wood is thin, and it 

 sequently used principally fur light walking-sticks; it is ho 

 extremely strong. 



25. B. Amahiutana. Joints short Leaves with stinging hairs on 

 the upper part of the stem, but smooth near the ground. Leas 

 straight, and more short-jointed tbjui any of the preceding species of 

 this section. Its wood is very thick. In Amboyna and Manipa. 



26. B. multijiUx, Lour. Stems long-jointed, not spiny. Leaves 

 Htingless, narrow, and clasping the stems at their base. Cultivated in 

 the north of Cochin China for hedges. Its leaves are very narrow, 

 and of a brownish-green. The stems are about 12 feet long and an 

 inch thick. 



lit. /(. tabacaria, Poir. Stems slender, very straight, of nearly 

 equal thickness, branched ; with very long rough joints. Wild in the 

 black and argillaceous soil of Amboyna, Mauipa, and Java, in the 

 plains and moister parts of the mountains. Its stems are nearly 

 solid, and excessively tough and hard. The joints are 3 or 4 feet 

 long, and not thicker than the little finger. When polished they make 

 the finest pipe-sticks. The outside is so hard, that it emits sparks of 

 fire when struck by the hatchet The species runs very much at the 

 root 



III. A ma-lean Bamboot. 



28. B. Guadua, Uumb. Leaves very narrow, covered with asperities 

 at the edge and on the under-surface. Found in warm and temperate 

 places, on the western side of the Cordilleras of New (!rana<: 

 Quito, growing like a tree 30 or 40 feet high, with a knotted, shining 

 trunk 16 inches in diameter. The leaves, which are 6 or 7 inches 

 long, are not more than 5 lines broad. 



29. B. lalifvlia, Huuib. Leaves narrow, but oblong; extremely 

 ,-niootli. About 25 feet high, drooping at the point, with shining 

 joints 2 feet long and about 4 inches thick. The leaves are the same 

 length as in the last, but thrice as broad. - It is found in the damp 

 shady woods on the banks of the river Cassiquiare in tropical 

 America. 



30. B. Tagoara, Nees. Leaves oblong- lanceolate, rounded at the 

 base, and th< ! into u very short stalk. Stun.- . 



long, and 4 to 6 inches in diameter, with joints from 6 to 18 inches 

 long; the leaves are 9 or 10 inches long and full 2 inches v. i.l.-. 

 iiy Von Martins in woods 1800 feet, nl.ove the sea, on the 

 mountain called SIM do Mar, towards UuarantiuqueUt, iu thu 

 province of St. Paul's, Brazil. 



31. B. parrijlora, Schultes. An obscure species, found on the. 

 mountains of Peru, iu Huauoco, by Htcnke. The stem is said to I..- 

 branched, and the leaves lance-shaped, taper-pointed, with a scabrous 



can be no doubt that many other species of this curious 

 genus are to be found in the tropical parts of Asia and Ann-rim. It 

 is also not improbable that some of the foregoing may be 

 Travellers who have opportunities of procuring wild up- 

 bamboos should dry a small branch with the loaves, and if possible 

 th* flowers, and should, at the same time, put by a portion of the 

 lower |>art of the stem, 6 or 7 feet long, marked so as to correspond 

 with the dried spec' 



