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ated internodes. The latter arc long and rounded in cross 

 tion. The sheath scar ju>t below the point where the branches 

 emerge is furry and has a jutting ring-like ridge immediately 



below it. There i> a w hitish bloom, Or powder, under each of the 

 upper nodes. 



The brandies are short and begin with about the fourth node 

 of the culm, the longest one of one foot length springing from 

 the seventh node and ranging shorter above and below. There 

 are four branches at a node with smaller almost erect adventi- 

 tious branches originating between them. Sheaths are persistent 

 on the branches and there are no branchlets. The first internode 

 of the branch forms a sharp angle with the culm, the second 

 bends away abruptly and the distal ones ascend curving inward 

 at their ends. 



The leaves are in terminal clusters of 3 to 4, with sloping 

 leaf base and attenuate apex. The length is 10-14 cm., the 

 width 1.3-2.0 cm. and they are deep green in color. No hairs 

 appear at the throat of the leaf sheath. The edges of the leaf 

 are smooth at the base but spinulose along both edges at the 

 tip, a little below more so along one edge than on the other. 



The second species is Phyllostachys nidularia Munro, the 

 "Scrub Bamboo" which grows to about the same height as 

 Arundinaria nitida but inhabits more exposed regions up to 

 2,500 ft. altitude. It was first described by Colonel Munro in 

 Gardeners' Chronicle, ii, p. 773 in 1876. The technical descrip- 

 tion in Les Bambusees is found on p. 63. It is easily distinguished 

 from the latter by its yellow culms, prominent nodes with dark 

 band below each one, and its shorter zigzag internodes flattened 

 on one side in the branching region. A papery membrane lines 

 the hollow cavity of the internodes. 



The branches are longer in proportion to the height of the 

 culm than are those of the previous species and they begin at 

 the fifth node, the length being two feet. The basal internode of 

 the branch is solid, with only a pin-hold cavity in the others. 

 Two branches spring from each node, one long and one small, 

 the latter sometimes more erect. The twigs are shiny and pur- 

 plish. At the nodes of the branches are also two branchlets, 

 one large and one small. No adventitious branches appear in 

 succeeding years. 



The leaves are smooth, waxy, yellow-green, almost coria- 



