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tina, D. Wallichiana, D. hypoleuca. The latter extends to Abyssinia, 

 where it has been noticed at elevations of 8,000 feet. D. dichotoma 

 occurs on mountains in Java. 



Decaisnea insigriis, .T. Hooker and Thomson. (Slackea insignis, Griffith.) 



Himalaya from 6,000 to 10,000 feet elevation. This showy 

 shrub or miniature-tree produces fruit full of juicy pulp of pleasant 

 sweetness. 



Dendrocalamus Brandisii, Munro* 



Tenasserim, Martaban and Pegu, up to elevations of 4,000 feet. 

 Height of stem reaching to 120 feet. Likes lime-stone soil. 

 Locally much used for buildings, affording posts, rafters, flooring 

 material and shingles ; fit also for many utensils, among them 

 buckets [Sir D. Brandis]. Internodes sometimes over a foot 

 long. 



Dendrocalamus g-ig-anteus, Munro.* 



Malacca and the adjacent islands. Habit of Grigantochloa 

 maxima ; therefore one of the mightiest of all Bamboos. It con^ 

 tinues constantly to add stems from its root, several hundred some- 

 times belonging to the same tuft. Stems reach a height of 100 

 feet and a circumference of 33 inches ; the joints are occasionally 

 as much as 18 inches long and the walls an inch thick [Dr. Trimen]. 

 Locally much used for rural buildings, furnishing posts, rafters, 

 flooring material and shingles [Brandis]. Buckets and many other 

 domestic utensils are readily made of this Bamboo. D. criticus of 

 Burmah attains a height of 30 feet, and ascends to 3,000 feet 

 [Kurz]. 



Dendrocalamus long-ispathus, Kurz. 



British Burmah, where with D. calostachyus (Kurz) it ascends 

 to about 3,500 feet ; the former rises to a height of 60 feet. D. 

 membranaceus (Kurz) attains there nearly the same height. 



Dendrocalamus Hamilton!, Nees. 



Himalayas, between 2,000 and 6,000 feet. Height reaching 60 

 feet. The young shoots of this stately Bamboo are edible in a 

 boiled state [Hooker]. It endures great cold as well as dry heat 

 [Kurz]. D. Hookeri (Munro) is a closely allied species. 



Dendrocalamus strictus, Nees.* 



India, extending to Burmah. Grows on drier ground than 

 Bamboos generally. Its strength and solidity render it fit for 

 many select technic purposes. It attains a height of 100 feet, and 

 occasionally forms forests of its own. It endures great cold as well 

 as dry heat [Kurz]. Useful for the consolidation of embankments 



