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Chusquea simpliciflora, Munro. Panama. Height to 80 feet. 



Scandent. 



Chusquea tenuiflora, Philippi. Chili. Height to 12 feet. 

 Cliusquea uni flora, Steudel. Central America. Height to 20 feet. 

 Dendrocalamus flagellifer, Munro. Malacca. Very tall. 

 Dendrocalamus Hamiltoni, Nees. Himalaya ; ascends to 6,000 feet. 



Height to 60 feet. 

 Dendrocalamus Hookeri, Munro. Himalaya ; ascends to 6,000 feet. 



Height to 50 feet. 

 Dendrocalamus sericeus, Munro. Behar j ascends to 4,000 feet. 



Tall. 

 Denochloa Tjankorreh, Buehse. Java, Philippines ; ascends to 4,000 



feet. Climbing. 



Gigantochloa heterostachya, Munro. Malacca. Height to 30 feet. 

 Gu-adua capitata, Munro. South Brazil. Height to 20 feet. 

 Giiadua macrostachya, Rupr. Guiana to Brazil. Height to 30 feet. 

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

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

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



Height to 30 feet. 



Gi(,adua virgata, Rupr. South Brazil. Height to 25 feet. 

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

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

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

 Nastus Bourbonicus, 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. 

 Phyllostachys bambusoides, S. and Z. Himalaya, China, and Japan. 



Height to 12 feet. 



Phyllostachys nigra, Munro. China, Japan. Height to 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. 

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



feet. Tall. 

 Thamnocalamus spathiftorus, 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. 



