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



scandent. 



Platonia nobilis, Munro. New Granada, colder region. 

 Pseudostachyum polymorphum, Munro. Himalaya ; ascends to 



6,000 feet. Very tall. 

 Teinostachyum Griffithi, Munro. Tali and slender. Referred by 



Kurz to Cepbalostachyum. 



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 steins. 



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 stout. 

 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 vul- 

 garis, with gaudy and glossy colouring of the stems, in contrast with 

 the black-stemmed species of Phyllostachys from China and Japan. 



Schizostachyum irratum, Steudel. 



Sunda-Islands and Moluccas. Stems to 30 feet high, remarkably 

 slender. 



Schizostachyum Zollingeri, Steudel. 



Hills of Java. Much cultivated. Height to 35 feet ; stems 

 slender. 



Schkuhria abrotanoides, Roth. 



From Peru to Argentina, This annual herb yields locally an 

 insecticidal powder. 



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