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PLANT MATERIAL INTRODUCED 



77253 to 77260— Continued. 



77256. Phyllostachys rambusoides mar- 

 liacea (Mitf.) ii. de Lehaie. 



A Japanese bamboo up to 10 feet high, 

 with the base of the stems wrinkled with 

 longitudinal grooYes and ridges. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 42665. 



77257. Phyllostachys mitis Riv. 



Moso bamboo. 



A Chinese bamboo up to 30 feet high, with 

 yellow stems and brown-spotted sheaths. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 49357. 



77258. Phyllostachys puberula roryana 

 (Mitf.) H. de Lehaie. 



A form of the black-joint bamboo of 

 China, with stems at first green, but changing 

 to dull yellow with purplish brown blotches. 



77253 to 77260— Continued. 



77259. Phyllostachys puberula mgra 

 (Lodd.) H. de Lehaie. 



Variety Muchisasa. One of the most 

 elegant of bamboos with black stems up to 

 20 feet high and plumelike masses of dark- 

 green leaves. Xative to China and Japan. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 75159. 



77260. Sasa humilis (Mitf.) E. G. Camus 

 (AruTidinaria gracilis Hort.). Poaceae. 



Bamboo. 



A very slender dwarf bamboo, native to 

 Japan, with green stems 3 feet high bearing two 

 or three long branches at each node. 



For previous introduction see Xo. 75164. 



