302 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



intratropical plants, and the majority of them are not the 

 denizens of the hottest tropical lowlands, but delight in the 

 cooler air of mountain regions. In selecting the following 

 array from General Munro's monograph, it must be noted 

 that it comprises only a limited number, and that among those 

 which are already to some extent known, but as yet cannot be 

 defined with precision in their generic and specific relation, 

 evidently some occur which in elegance, grace, and utility 

 surpass even many of those now specially mentioned : 



Arthrostylidium excelsum^ Griseb. West India. Height to 80 

 feet, diameter one foot. 



Arthrostylidium longiflorum, Munro. Venezuela ; ascends to 6,000 

 feet. 



Arthrostylidium racemiflorum, Steudel. Mexico ; ascends to 7,500 

 feet. Height to 30 feet. 



Arthrostylidium SchomburgJcii, Munro. Guiana; ascends to 6,000 

 feet. Height to 60 feet. 



Arundinaria acuminata, Munro. Mexico. Height to 20 feet. 



Arundinaria callosa, Munro. Himalaya; ascends to 6,000 feet. 

 Height to 12 feet. 



Arundinaria debilis, Thwaites. Ceylon ; ascends to 8,000 feet. 

 A tall species. 



Arundinaria HooJceriana, Munro. Sikkim ; ascends to 7,000 feet. 

 Height to 15 feet. 



Arundinaria Japonica, S. and Z. Japan. Height to 12 feet. 



Arundinaria Khasiana, Munro. Himalaya ; ascends to 6,000 feet. 

 Height to 12 feet. 



Arundinaria suberecta, Munro. Himalaya ; ascends to 4,500 feet. 

 Height to 15 feet. 



Arundinaria tesselata Munro. South Africa ; ascends to 6,500 

 feet. Height to 20 feet. 



Arundinaria verticillata, Nees. Brazil. Height to 15 feet. 



Aulonemia Quexo, Goudot. New Granada, Venezuela, in cool 

 regions. Tall, climbing. 



Bambusa Balcooa, Eoxb. Bengal to Assam. Height to 70 feet. 



Bambusa Beecheyana, Munro. China. Height to 20 feet. 



Bambusa Brandisii, Munro. Tenasserim; ascends to 4,000 feet. 

 Height to 120 feet, circumference 2 feet. 



Bambusa flexuosa, Munro. China. Height to 12 feet. 



Bambusa marginata } Munro. Tenasserim ; ascends to 5,000 feet. 

 Tall, scandent. 



Bambusa nutans, Wall. Himalaya; ascends to 7,000 feet. 



Bamfiusa pallida, Munro. Bengal to Khasia; ascends to 3,500 

 feet. Height to 50 feet. 



Bambusa polymorpha> Munro. Burma, in the Teak region. 

 Height to 80 feet. 



