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Guadua macrostachya, Ruprecht. Guiana to Brazil. Height 30 



feet. 



Guadua paniculata, Munro. Brazil. Height 30 feet. 

 Guadua refracta, Munro. Brazil. Height 30 feet. 

 Guadua Tagoara, Kunth. South-Brazil; ascends to 2,000 feet. 



Height 30 feet. 



Guadua virgata, Ruprecht, South-Brazil. Height 25 feet. 

 Merostachys Clausseni, Munro. South-Brazil. Height 80 feet. 

 Merostachys Kunthii, Ruprecht. South-Brazil. Height 30 feet. 

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

 JVastus Borbonicus, Gmelin. Bourbon; ascends to 4,000 feet. 



Height 50 feet. 

 Oxy tenant her a Abyssinica,M.{inTQ. Abyssinia to Angola; ascends 



to 4,000 feet. Height 50 feet. 

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



scandent. 

 Phyllostachys bambusoides, Siebold and Zuccarini. Himalaya, 



China and Japan. Height 12 feet. 



Phyllostachys ntgra, Munro. China, Japan. Height 25 feet. 

 Platonia nobilis, Munro. New Granada, colder region. 

 Pseudostachyum polymorphum, Munro. Himalaya; ascends to 



6,000 feet. Very tall. 

 Teinostachyum Griffithi, Munro. Tall and slender. Referred by 



Kurz to Cephalostachyum. 



Besides these, various others are specially enumerated in the 

 alphabetic sequence of this work. See index also. 



Schizostachyum brachycladum, Kurz. 



Sunda-Islands and Moluccas. Stems at length 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 25 feet; 

 stems ^tout. It requires renewal after flowering, like many allied 

 plants. 



Schizostachyum Hasskarlianum, Kurz. 



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

 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 same meritorious writer singles 

 -out : Schizostachyum brachycladum, the varieties of Bambusa 





