302 SELECT PLANTS FOR INDUSTUIAL CULTUKE 



intratropical plants^ and the majority of tliem are not the 

 denizens of the hottest tropical lowlands^ but delight in the 

 cooler air of mountain regions. In selecting the following 

 array from General Munro's monograph, it must be noted 

 that it comprises only a limited number, and that among those 

 which are already to some extent known, but as yet cannot be 

 defined with precision in their generic and specific relation, 

 evidently some occur which in elegance, grace, and utility 

 surpass even many of those now specially mentioned : — 



ArthrostyUdium exeelsum, Griseb, West India. Height to 80 

 feet, diameter one foot. 



Arthrostylidmm long^fiontm, Munro. Venezuela ; ascends to 6,000 

 feet. 



ArthrostyUcImm racemiflorum, Steudel. Mexico ; ascends to 7,500 

 feet. Height to 30 feet. 



Arthro&tylidium Scliomh'urghii, Munro. Guiana; ascends to 6,000 

 feet. Height to 60 feet. 



Arwtidinaria acuminata, Munro. Mexico. Height to 20 feet. 



Arwndinaria, callosa, Munro. Himalaya; ascends to 6,000 feet. 

 Height to 12 feet. 



Arundinaria debilis, Thwaites. Ceylon ; ascends to 8,000 feet. 

 A tall species. 



Arundinaria Hookeriana, Munro. Sikkim ; ascends to 7,000 feet. 

 Height to 15 feet. 



Arundinaria Japonica, S. and Z. Japan. Height to 12 feet. 



Arundinaria Khasiana, Munro. Himalaya ; ascends to 6,000 feet. 

 Height to 12 feet. 



Arundinaria suhereda, Munro. Himalaya ; ascends to 4,500 feet. 

 Height tcf 15 feet. 



Artmdinaria tesselata Munro. South Africa ; ascends to 6,500 

 feet. Height to 20 feet. 



Arundinaria verticillata, Nees, Brazil. Height to 15 feet. 



Auloneinia Quexo, Goudot. New Granada, Venezuela, in cool 

 regions. Tall, climbing. 



Bambusa Balcooa, Roxb. Bengal to Assam. Height to 70 feet. 



Bambusa Beecheyana, Munro. China. Height to 20 feet. 



Bambusa Brandisii, Munro. Tenasserim; ascends to 4,000 feet. 

 Height to 120 feet, circumference 2 feet. 



Bambusa flexuosa, Munro. China. Height to 12 feet. 



Bambusa marginata, Munro. Tenasserim; ascends to 5,000 feet. 

 Tall, scandent. 



Bambusa nutans, Wall. Himalaya; ascends to 7,000 feet. 



Bambusa pallida, Mnnro. Bengal to Khasia; ascends to 3,500 

 feet. Height to 50 feet. 



Bambusa polymorpha, Munro. Burma, in the Teak region. 

 Height.to 80 feet. 



