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mm. lata apice acuminatissima basi plus minus rotundata vel leviter cordata 

 ad petiolum 1 mm. longum abeuntia margine utroque scabra supra prope 

 costam scabra supra glabra subtus tenuiter hirsuta, ncrvis secundariis utroque 

 latere costse 3-5, venulis intersecundariis 78 tessellatis, inter venulas pellucido- 

 punetata. Paniculse compositse non foliiferse ; spicse vel spiculse ad nodos 

 multi- vel pauci-congestse, basi bractea instructse ; bractea caduc;issima triangu- 

 lari-ovata 1 cm. loiiga 5 mm. lata apice lamina minutissima cuspidato- 

 triaugulari 1^ mm. longa instructs. Spiculse lineares complanatoa 3-4 cm. 

 longse 6 7 mm. latte circ. 8-floriferse ; rhachis minute hirsuta, rhacliilla glabra. 

 Valva (gluma florifera) ovata convoluta 13 mm. longa in explicate 10 mm. 

 lata apice actita extus glabra intus sursum dense hirsuta deorsum glabra valde 

 coriacea nervosa ; palea plicata 13 mm. longa coriaceo-inembranacea extus ad 

 eostas hirsuta cseterum glabra intus sparse hirsuta apice hirsuta. Stamina 6, 

 antheris liuearibus 6 mm. longis apice emarginatis mucronatis basi sagittato- 

 lobatis, lobis 1 mm. longis ; lodiculse obovatse 3 mm. longse 2 mm. latse apice 

 rotuiidatae margine longe fimbriato-ciliatse. Ovarium cuneato-obovoideum 2 mm. 

 longum 1 mm. latum apice hirsutum deorsum glabrum, stigmatibus 3 

 filiformibus hirsutis. 



HAB. Pachina, leg. B. HAYATA, Mart. 1916. 



Remarkable for the broader bracts which are almost wanting of a lamina. 



Bambusa Shimadai HAYATA sp. nov. (FiV. 59). Frutex ; rami et 



rf? 2^'<^\ 

 ramuli fascicuiatiy ramuh's 5-1 2-foliatis, vagi nella l^cm. longa glabra, auriculis 



subnullis, setis auricularibus 5-6 tenuissiinis 1-2 mm. longis ; ligula brevissima 

 truncata integra. Folia lanceolata vel lineari-lanceolata 5 cm. longa 6-9 mm. 

 lata apice acuminatissima basi rotundata vel obtusa ad petiolum 1-1 mm. 

 longum abeuntia utraque glabra subtus glauca margine scabra, iiervis 

 secundariis utroque latere costse 5, venulis intersecundariis circ. 7, haud 

 tessellata. Rarnuli floriferi ad nodos 2-3-eongesti remote spiculiferi. 

 Spiculse generaliter solitarise alternee a se circ. 2- cm. remotse basi 

 1-bracteatse ; bractese caducse, vagiuellis 1-2 cm. longis, laminis lanceolatis 

 basi abrupte dilatatis cum vaginella sequilatis caducissimis utraque pagine 

 hirsutis. Spiculse cylindricse plus minus complanatse 34. cm. longse 4 mm. latse, 

 floribus 4-5 a se 4-2 mm. distantibus ; glumse inferiores non-floriferse minores. 



