1 54 THE BOTANICAL MAGAZINE. fVoi. xxviii. No. m, 



Bambusa sikaktaka Zolling. Syst. Yerz. Ind. Archip. I. 

 (1854), p. 57. 



Nom. Jap. Shikaku-dake (meaning Four-cornered Bamboo), 

 Sbihb-chiku (meaning Four-sided Bamboo). 

 Hab. JAPAN, cultivated from China. 



This bamboo has actually a close affinity with the next spe- 

 cies, though both are apparently so different from each other. 



"J Chimonobambusa marmorea (Mitf.) Making, nom. 

 nov. 



Bambusa marmorea Mitf. Bamb. Gard. (1896), p. 93 



Arundinaria marmorea Making in Descr. Prod. Forest. 

 Exposit. Univ. 1900 Paris par Minist. d. Agric. et Comm., et 

 in Bot. Mag.. Tokyo, XIV. (1900), p. 63, no 32. 



Phyllostachys marmorea Aschers. et Gr^bn. Syn. Mitter- 

 curop. Fl. II. 1 (1898-1902), p. 778. 



Arundinaria nana Making in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XI. 

 (1897), p. 160, excl. syn. 



Arundinaria Matsumurss Hack, in Bull. Herb. Boiss. VII. 

 (1899), p. 716. 



Chimonobambusa gracillima Making, MS. 



Bambusa nana ^. gracillima Kurz, Catal. PI. Hort. Bot. 

 Bogor. (1866), p. 20. 



Bambusa Kan-chiku Hort. ex Mitf. 1. c. 



Bambos kantsik Sieb. Syn. PI. Oeconom. Jap. (1827), p. 5. 



? Bambusa Santsik Zgll. Syst. Verz. Ind. Archip. I. (1854), 

 p. 57. 



Nom. Jap. Kan-chiku (meaning Winter Bamboo). 



Hab. JAPAN, commonly cultivated and rarely spontaneous. 



This species is frequently in flower and in fruit. 



var. variegata Making. 



Arundinaria marmorea var. variegata Making in Descr. 

 Prod. Forest. Exposit. Univ. 1900 Paris par Minist. d. Agric. 

 et Comm., et in Bot. Mag., Tokyo, XIV. (1900), p. 63, no. 

 38. 



Nom. Jap. Chigo-kanchiku (meaning Small Winter Bam- 

 boo). 



