Bambusa 



( 100) 



Banisteria 



Principal Species : 



recta, 1', Jy., yel. (syna. alata, alba, and triner- 

 vata). 



scabra (now referred to Calea hymcnolcpis). 

 Scolospermum. 



BAMBUSA (THE BAMBOO). 



Description. Half-hardy or hardy Grasses (ord. 

 Gramine;e) of great size, with stout, hollow, and 



i'llutu: (MsseU it OmfOt, Ua. 



BAMHUSA NAGASHIMA. 



often woody stems (culms). Not only are they 

 amongst the most decorative of plants for the 

 outdoor garden, but economically considered they 

 are amongst the most important of plants. 

 The variety of purposes to 

 which Bamboos are put 

 in India, China, and Japan 

 is amazing ; whilst in our 

 own country, Bamboo furni- 

 ture has of late years been 

 very much sought after. The 

 smaller shoots are shipped 

 in great quantities to serve 

 as stakes to all sorts of plants 

 requiring support. 



The Genera Plantarum 

 gives twenty-four distinct 

 species, but the Indur, 

 Keirensis records no fewer 

 than ninety species. Many 

 of these have only been 

 provisionally placed under 

 Bambusa, and there they 

 will remain until they flower, 

 and their affinities and 

 proper botanical place can 

 be determined. The present 

 synonymy is according to the 

 Kevv iland-Llst. 



Propagation. By division of the rootstock, as in 

 Arundinariii. The same soil suits. 



Other Cultural Points. For cultural purposes 

 the hints given under Arundinaria will serve for 

 Bambusa. It will be noticed that not a few plants 

 that were originally placed under Bambusa are 

 now to be found under the closely allied genus 

 Arundinaria. 



Principal Species : 



arundinacea, 50' to CO', St., pale grn. foliage. 



aurea, 0' to 10', Imlf-hdy., pale grn. yel. (The 

 aurea of gardens is Phyllostachys aumi.) 



marmorea, 3' to 4', hdy., stems br., foliage pale 

 grn. 



nana, 6' to 8', st. (//*. glaura and viridi- 

 glaucescens). (Nana of gardens [not Roxb] nee 

 (listicha.) 



palmata, '.V to (>', hdy., grn., \vh. midrib (see figure^ 



pygnura, H' to 2', hdy., dark grn. 



tessellata (Munro), ii' to 8V, hdy.. grn., makes a 

 branching bush (sijns. Ragamowski and Arundo 

 liii'^amowski). (Tessellata of gardens, see Arun- 

 dinaria A'eitchii.) 



violascens (see Phyllostachys violascens). 



Other Species : 



angustifolia, 2 'to 4', hdy., 



jialc grn. 

 disticha, 2V to 3', hdy., 



very bushy (syn. uana, 



of gardens) . 

 glauca (see nana). 

 Japonica (see Aruudiu- 



aria japonica). 

 Maximowic/ii (srf Arun- 

 dinaria auricoma and A. 



Simoni variegata). 

 Mctake (see Arundinaria 



japonica). 

 mitis, 40', hdy., deep grn. 



(Mitis of gardens [not 



Poir] see Pliyllostachys 



mitis.) 



BANANA (sec MUSA). 



BANISTERIA. 



Stove trees or slirubs, or shrubby climbers (ord. 

 Malpighiacese), of some beauty, but rarely seen in 

 this country. Propagation, by cuttings of the 



X;ig;tsliiiua, 1' to'2',lidy., 



grn. (life figure), 

 nigra (.vr Phyllostachys 



nigra). 



quailraiigularis, 3' to 8', 

 hdy., pale grn. 



Kagamowski (r tessel- 

 lata). 



Simoni (xre Arundinaria 

 Simoni). 



viridi-glaucesceus (. 

 Phyllostaeliys vii'itli- 

 glaucesceus). 



viridi-striiita (see Arun- 

 dinaria Simoni). 



1'liuto: Cantn-ti tf 



BAMIiUSi I'ALMATA. 



