(**), mm±. &mat* ^&w^ot, *a*«50i*. 



Gn. 4. Sasa Makino & Siiibata in Tokyo Bot, Mag. XV, p. 18 (1901), 

 pro parte-HouzEAu de Lehaie in Actes III me Congres Int. Bot. Bruxells 

 II p. 214 (1910)-Camus, Bamb. p. 18 (1913), pro parte-NAKAi in Journ. 

 Arnold Arboretum VI p. 149 (1925). 



S'yn. Arundinaria Sect. Bambusoides Shibata & Makixo in Tokyo Bot- 

 Mag. XIV, p. 20 (1900) 

 Pscudosasa Makixo, Journ. Jap. Bot. V no. 4 p. 15 (1928), pro 

 parte, non Makino, Journ. Jap. Bot. II no. 4 p. 15 (1920), nee 

 Nakai in Journ. Arnold Arb. VI p. 150 (1925). 

 Bhizoma repons ramosissimum. Culmi sympodiales glabri vel pilosi 

 vel velutini, sirnplices vel rarnosi ; nodi plus minus incrassati cum gemma 

 solitaria. Vaginae culmorum glabras— bispiduloe — velutinse persistentcs 

 apice appendiculatse. Seta? oi'ales rigidse radiatse scabras albse vel f usces- 

 centes vel nigra?, rarius baud evolutos. Folia ex lineari-lanceolata ad 

 ovato-elliptica, ex glaberrima ad velutina. Innorescentia laterales race- 

 mose? vel paniculatse. Spiculae 2-9 floras basi bibracteata?, floribus im- 

 bricatis disticbis. Gluma? tessellata?, exterior maxima apice mutica vel 

 subaristato-acuminata, interior apice bidentata. Paleas 3 bomomorpba? 

 hyalinas pilosse. Stamina 6 ; filamenta glabra ; antherce biloculares con- 

 nectivo haud producto. Stylus 1. Stigmata 3 subplumosa vel pilosa. 

 Ovarium glabrum. Exocarpium membranaceum. 



Species circ. 70 in Sacbalinaustr.,Kurilesaustr., Yeso, Hondo, Sbikoku, 

 Kiusiu, Quelpaart, Dagelet & Korea (Prov. Kanhoku) indigenes. In Korea 

 tantum species 3 adsunt. 



Sasa Sect. Crassinodi Nakai, Veget. Mt. Apoi Prov. Hidaka p. 24 (1930), 

 nom. seminud.; in Miyabe & Kudo, Fl. Hokkaido & Sagbalien II p. 183 

 (10 Aug. 1930), cum diagnosi ; in-Tokyo Bot. Mag. XLVI p. 44 (1932). 



Culmi indivisi vel semel divisi. Basis internodii valde incrassata ita 

 vagina culmorum et foliorum basi globoso-inflata. Seta? orales vulgo bene 

 evolutas. Inflorescentia laterales ex nodis inferioribus culmorum scaposo- 

 evoluta. Bracteas vulgo ex spicula remotas. 



