BAMBl'SK.E. 



eno 



short-pointed, l7-norvctl, margins ciliutc ; palea equal to its glume, 

 2-toothe(l. ll-nerved, two of 

 wliioli uro ciliutf. 



Arkansas, \Vorthi»yton for 

 U. S. De|)t. A<,'ricul. 



Banks of the larger rivers 

 in the Soutliern States. 



'I'ho young growth is some- 

 times used for forage ; the 

 mature stems for lish-rods, 

 scatTolds for drying cotton, 

 pieces for pij)e-stenisand pipes, 

 and the bottoms of chairs, 

 mats, and for other purjjoses. 



Var. tecta (Walt.). 

 SwiTcii-cANE. Small Cane. 

 Kekd. Arundinan'a frcta 

 Muhl. Desc. Uber. liU (1817). 

 Aruudo tecta Walt. Fl. Car. 

 81 (1788), teste Muhl. 



Culms suffruticose, slender, 

 branching, 60-300 cm. high. 

 Sheaths bearded at the throat, 

 often purple ; blades linear- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, nearly 



smooth. Spikelets solitary or Fio. '[26.—Arundinaria macrotperma. 



t , fl 1- 1 -1, spikolet; a, floret. (Scribiier.) 



raccmeu on leafless radical ^ ' 



culms, lance-elliptical, 2-3 cm. long, ."i-D-flowered ; first eni))ty 



glume oval, abruptly pointed, 7-nerved, 5 mm. long ; second oval, 



abruptly pointed, 15-nerved, 9 mm. long ; lloral glume ovate, 



mucronate, 17-nerved, 13 mm. long; palea emarginate, equalling 



its glume, about 13-nerved, liis})id on 'i nerves. 



Virginia, Chirkeri}ig for U. S. Dept. Agricul. 79S. 



General W. Monro, in his Monograjyli, says: "This one species 

 bears no less than nine different generic 'uid nineteen specific names. 

 It varies much in form." 



Swamps, Maryland, Illinois, and south. 



