u 



morphic characters appear to us to justify the establishment of a new genus, 

 and we shall give in the following lines an enumeration of all the known 

 species referable to this genus, together with their synonyms, distributions, 



etc, 



Sasa borealis nom. nov. 



Bambusa borealis Hack, in Bull. Herb. Boiss VII, 1899, p. 720. 



Arundinaria borealis Makino Bambusaceje Japonioe in Bot. Mag., 

 Tokyo, XIV, 1900, p. 20. 



Jlowbusa, purjjurascens Makino in Description des Produits forestiers 

 envoyes a 1'Exposition universeJle de 1900 a Paris par le Ministere de 

 P Agriculture et du Commerce; Id. in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XIV, p. 62. 



? Arundinaria purpurascens Hack. I.e. p. 716. 



Bambusa senanensis Hort.; F.-Mitf. Bamb. Gard, p. 78 (sp. post.); 

 E. Satow Cult, Bamb. Jap. in Trans. Asiat. Soc. Jap. XXVII, 3, p. 65, cum 

 icon, 



Xom. Jap. Su?:u-dake. 



Pistrib, Throughout Japan. 



Sasa ramosa nom. nov. 



Bambvsa ramosa Makino in Descript. d. Prod, forest, env. a l'Exposit. 

 univ. d. 1900 a Paris; Id. in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XIV, p. 62. 



Arundinaria ramosa Makino Bamb. Jap. in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XIV, 

 p. 22. 



Xom. J at. Admma-zasa. 



Pistrib. Middle and northern Japan. 



Sasa nipponica nom. nov. 



Bambusa nipponica Makino in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, IX, 1895, p. 72 ; 

 Id. in Descript. d. Prod, forest, env. a l'Exposit. univ. cl. 1900 a Paris; Id. 

 in Bot Mag., Tokyo, XIV, p. 62. 



Arundinaria nipponica Makino Bamb. Jap. in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, 

 XIV, p. 24. 



Arundinaria dimorplia Hack, in litt. 1899 (nomen), ex J. Matsumura 

 in Herb. So. Coll. Imp. Univ., Tokyo. 



No jr. Jap. Miyako-zasa. 



Distrib. Throughout Japan. 



