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GRAMINK/E. 



7 m. altus ad 2 m. altitudinein 3^ cm. in diametro. 



Near Bambusa vulgaris, but differs from it by ' the nearly solitary and 

 much longer spikelets. Also near B. nana var. normalis, but distinguishable 

 from it by the much longer, interiiodes, spikelets and leaves. 



Bambusa Fauriei HACKEL (Fig. 56) ; MATSUM. et HAYATA Enum. 

 PI. Formos. p. 1 549. 



Bambusa liukiuensis HAYATA sp. nov. 

 Frutex. Kami graciles, ramulis 3-5-foliatis, 

 vaginella 2-3 cm. longa glabra apice auriculata, 

 auriculis oblongo-triangularibus 1 mm. longis 

 ^ mm. latis apice obtusis oblique prominentibus 

 margine setosis, setis 5 mm. longis scabris, 

 ligula brevissima % mm. longa Integra truncata. 

 Folia lanceolata 5-7 cm. longa 8-11 mm. lata 

 apice acuminatissima basi oblique rotuudata 

 vel obtusa ad petiolum 1 mm. lorigum abeuntia 

 margine supra glaberrima subtus glaucissima 

 tenuissime hirsuta margine scabra, nervis 

 secundariis utroque latere costse 4-5, venuh's 

 inter secundarios 7-8 haud tessellatis. Pani- 

 culse composite, ramis fasciculatis, bractea 

 ignota. Spiculse lineari-fusi formes 2 cm. longse 

 ad nodos solitarise vel 2-3-fasciculat8e sessiles, 

 floribus perfectis 3 et eo imperfecto 1 ; glumte 

 non-floriferes inferiores minutse superiores 



majores; valva (gluma florifera) 12 mm. longa 



Fig. 86, Bambusa Fauriei HACK. ; 

 nervosa glabra fere convoluta acuta ; palea plicata a , a portion of the inflorescence; b, 



in plicato 10 cm. longo If mm. lata apice bifida, a glume of a flower ' Been from the 

 1 , . . outer side ; c, the same, -with a valva, 



lobis acummatis 2 mm. longis, dorso 2^carinata seen from the inner side ; d, cross 



ad carinas hirsuta, inter carinas glabra, parti- section of the sa 1116 5 e a valva . **** 

 . from the outer side ; f, the same, seen 



bus-phcatis lmm. latis. Stamina 6, antheris f rom the inner side; g, the same, in 



linearibus 6-7 mm. longis 1mm. latis apice cross section ' h - a stamen; i, a 

 , . . lodicule ; a, natural size ; b, c, e f x 4 ; 



brevnssime 2-lobatis basi sagittato-2-lobatis, i, j X 6. 



