304 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTRIAL CULTURE 



Guadua refracta, Munro. Brazil. Height to 30 feet. 



Guadua Tag oar a, Kunth. South Brazil; ascends to 2,000 feet. 



Height to 30 feet. 



Guadua virgata, Kupr. South Brazil. Height to 25 feet. 

 Merostachys Clausseni, Munro. South Brazil. Height to 80 



feet. 

 Merostachys Kuntkii, Ruprecht. South Brazil. Height to 30 



feet. 



Merostachys ternata, Nees. South Brazil. Height to 20 feet. 

 Nastus BourbonicuSj Gmel. Bourbon, Sumatra; ascends to 4,000 



feet. Height to 50 feet. 

 Oxytenanthera Abyssinica, Munro. Abyssinia to Angola ; ascends 



to 4,000 feet. Height to 50 feet. 

 Oxytenanthera albo-ciliata, Munro. Pegu, Moulmein. Tall, 



scandent. 

 PhyllostacJiys fiambusoides, S. and Z. Himalaya, China, and Japan. 



Height to 12 feet. 



Phyllostackys nigra, Munro. China, Japan. Height to 25 feet. 

 Platonia nobilis, Munro. New Granada, colder region. 

 PseudostacJiyum polymorphum, Munro. Himalaya; ascends to 



6 000 feet. Very tall. 



Teinostachyum Griffithi, Munro. Tall and slender. 

 Thamnocatamus Falconeri, J. Hook. Himalaya ; ascends to 8,000 



feet. Tall. 

 Thamnocalamus spatkifloruSj Munro. Himalaya; ascends to 



11,000 feet. Tall. 



Schizostachyum brachycladum, Kurz. 



Sunda Islands and Moluccas. Stems to 40 feet high, very 

 hollow. The short branches give to this Bamboo a peculiar 

 habit. One variety has splendidly yellow stems. 



Schizostachyum elegantissimum, Kurz. 



Java, at elevations from 3,000 to 6,000 feet. Unlike all other 

 Bamboos, this bears flowers at an age of three years, and is 

 therefore of special importance for scenic effect. Height up 

 to 25 feet, stems stout. It requires, like many allied plants, 

 renewal after flowering. 



Schizostachyum Hasskarlianum, Kurz. 



Java. This and S. serpentinum afford the best kinds of Bam- 

 boo vegetables for cookery, the young shoots, when bursting 

 out of the ground, being used for the purpose. Kurz mentions 

 as culinary " Rebong " Bamboos : Gigantochloa aspera, G. 

 robusta, G. maxima, G. atter. For ornamental culture the 



