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longa ; florum gluma iuferior ll-venia, superior aequilonga, 

 bicarinata, membranacea, fere evenia ; lodiculae 3, glumis 

 bis breviores, spathulatae, firabriatae. Stamina 3, basi 

 sagittata. Styli 3, plumosi. 

 Forming extensive groves on the dry hills at Yit-hai, between 

 the Phoenix Mountain and the river Han. Maud Dunn, 

 11.4.1909. The Bamboos are regarded by the Chinese as 

 emblems of feminine grace, I therefore name this species 

 after its discoverer, my wife, who accompanied me 

 on my Han Expedition as on all my others in the far East. 

 Fl. April. 

 2. P. Nevinii, Hance in Journ. Bot. 1876, 295. Danes' Island, 

 Whampoa. Fl. March. 



73.— BAMBUSA. 



Key to species. 



1. Veins tessellated 



Veins not tessellated ... 



2. Stem thorny 

 Stem unarmed ... 



3. Floral leaves subcordate 

 Floral leaves narrowed below 



4. Tree 



Shrub 



1. Canturi. 

 2. 

 4. 

 3, 

 ... 2. Beecheyana. 



3. tuldoides. 



4. Blumeana. 



5. fiexuosa. 



Linn. Soc. xxvi. 111. Lantao 



1. B. Cantori, Munro in Trans. 



Island. Fl. . 



2. B. Beecheyana, Munro 1. c. 108. Canton ; Ookaisa in woods. 



Fl. January. 



3. B. tuldoides, Munro ; B. Tulda, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 434. 



Common in Hongkong, and frequently planted ; on the 

 river bank, Chaochaufu ; Canton. Fl. April — August. 



4. B. Blumeana, Schultes f. ; Stapf in Hook, f . Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. 



394. Banks of the Han Kiver, Swatow. Fl. April. 



5. B. fleuxosa, Munro I. c. 101. 



near Canton. Fl. Winter. 



Hongkong without locality ; 



73.- DENDROC ALAMUS. 



1. D. latifloTus, Munro ; Bambusa verticillata, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 

 434. Little Hongkong, Hongkong ; Kowloon City, 

 Hongkong New Territory ; Yit-hai, Han valley ; Lien- 

 chow River. Fl. August — November. 



74.— SOHIZOSTAOHYUM. 



1. S. dumetorum, Munro ; Benth. 1. c. 435. Common on the hills, 

 Hongkong ; near Kowloon reservoir, Hongkong New 

 Territory, Fl. April. 



