222 SELECT PLANTS READILY ELIGIBLE 



Beesha stridula, Munro. Ceylon. 



JBeesha capitata, Munro. Madagascar. Height to fifty feet. 

 Dendrocalamus sericeus, Munro. Behar; ascends to 4000 feet. 

 Tall. 



Dendrocalamus flagellifer, Munro. Malacca. Very tall. 

 Dendrocalamus Hookeri, Munro. Himalaya; ascends to 6000 



feet. Height to fifty feet. 

 Dendrocalamus Hamiltoni, Nees. Himalaya; ascends to 



6000 feet. Height to sixty feet. 

 Dinochloa Tjankorreh, Buehse. Java, Philippines; ascends 



to 4000 feet. Climbing. 



Schizostachyum brachycladum, Kurz. 



Sunda Islands and Moluccas. Stems to forty feet high, very 

 hollow. The short branches give to this Bamboo a peculiar 

 habit. One variety has splendidly yellow stems. 



Schizostachyum elegantissimum, Kurz. 



Java, at elevations from 3000 to 6000 feet. Unlike all other 

 Baml)oos, this bears flowers at an age of three years, and is 

 therefore of special importance for scenic effect. Height up 

 to twenty-five feet, stems stout. It requires, like many allied 

 plants, renewal after flowering. 



Schizostachyum Hasskarlianum, Kurz. 



Java. This and S. serpentinum afibrd the best kinds of Bam- 

 boo vegetables for cookery, the young shoots, when bursting 

 out of the gTOund, being used for the purpose. Kurz mentions 

 as culinary *'E.ebong" Bamboos: — Gigantochloa aspera, G-. 

 robusta, G. maxima, G. atter. For ornamental culture the 

 same meritorious writer singles out Schizostachyum brachy- 

 cladum, the varieties of Bambusa vulgaris with gaudy, glossy 

 colouring of the stems, in contrast with the black-stemmed 

 species of Phyllostachys from China and Japan. 



Schizostachyum irratum, Steudel. 



Sunda Islands and Moluccas. Stems to thirty feet high, re- 

 markably slender. 



Schizostachyum Zollingeri, Steudel. 



Hills of Java. Much cultivated. Height up to thirty-five 

 feet, stems slender. 



Schoenocaulon officinale, A. Gray. (Asa-Graya officinalis, 

 Lindley ; Sahadilla officinalis, Brandt and Dierbach.) 

 Mountains of Mexico. A bulbous-rooted herb with leafless 

 stem, thus far specially distinct from any "Veratrum. It fur- 

 nishes the Sabadilla-seeds and yields two alkaloids : Yeratrin 

 and Sabadillin; a resinous substance: Helonin; also Sabadillic 

 and Veratric acid. The generic names adopted for this plant 

 by Lindley and by Dierbach are coetaneous. 



