IB COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE.E. 



I have not seen any specimen of this plant, and have copied the preceding description 



from that given in German by Ruprecht in the Transactions referred to above. The 



plant is said to he commonly called Chup-tatt by the inhabitants, who use it for arrow- 



heads and several other purposes. It is found in Ouroup, one of the Kurile Islands, in 



16° N. lat., and is believed to have been introduced from some of the islands still further 



north, and is therefore probably the most northern species known of the whole family. 



1 1 is closely allied in some respects both to A. macrosperma and A. racemosa, from both 



of which it is distinguished by the absence of cilia to the vaginae, and from the latter by 



the hairy rhachis and broader leaves. Euprecht mentions that he had not seen any 



perfect spicuhe. 



5. A. Japonica, Sieb. & Zucc, MS. apud Steud. I. e. 334 Panicula composita, ramis 



adpressis ; spiculis numerosis, 1-2 poll, longis ; foliis tessellatis, J-l poll, latis 3-9 



poll. longis.-A. Gray in Parry's Exped. 328 ; Miquel, Prol. Fl. Japon. Annal. Mus 



Bot. Lugduno-Batav. ii. 284 ; JBambusa Metahe Sieb. et Hort. ; B. mitis Hort Paris 



cult, spiculis 20-floris, 4 poll. Ion 



Luropse cult. ! v. s. et v. 



m 6-8-1 2-pedalis, suffruticosus, ramis striatis, glabris 



Williams ; Java (fide Steud.). In hortis 



2-3 



basi 



Folia lanceolat 



mar 



creber 



S 



•T" S ^ h " S ' ne ™ se ™^arii s utroque latere 4-6, venulis transversa, 



subtus palbd.ora vel glaucescentia, glabra vel dense puberulo-scaberula. Vaaine si epe daucedine 



tttszsszsi srisr r r pcrpu ' L " : 



=::^ :=--- zztl£ 2ft? 3 



ernlo^rsutinscnla, margine glabra ; superfor ;nterdu « W ^ o , u = , s„b , cnte SC a- 



ap.ee bnnucronata, bicarinata, earinis conspieue eiliatis Soua!l!t T ? ' ^"^^ 



ciliate, basi nerves*. « Anther* delW J /, *?«</* 3, long*, squales, lanceolate, 



r = r; , ,. «s— -str^ nsniir • -* 



H is said to be called Niea-sasa to™ n f v specimen of it in Ktempfer's lierbarium. 

 Me-take, and Sikahik £ he i^d fEuTn InT^ *• *" "■* ° f »**"• «* 

 in Japan, the main and partial rhacht te both Z^^l * ^ "" C ° IleCted 

 vated at Kew, where this plant appears t be q ^ e ha7dv Z '' h ^ ~ " ^ ^ 

 -me of the specimens the lower palea, which T^ttni^ " Sm °° th ! and in 

 - -h long, whilst the upper one retains its uslTwtt m" 7' "T^ ""^ 

 :,)0Te "f** to, says that, as far as description 1! * » ^ • * *" ' AnnaleS ' 

 do« not differ from A. Japoniea . but , b j™ SJ^J*? ff °f ^ RUpr ° Cht ' 



alhed to a broad-leaved state of Pkyllo^s ZteS* ? *° ^ mW "^ 



