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23. Bamhusa pygmcsa. — The best and smallest of the dwarfs, 
creeps about with marvellous rapidity, forming a dense carpet in 
two or three years. 
24. Bamhusa disticha. — Misnamed nana, the true na7ia 
being a tropical Bamboo ; a very pretty dwarf, the origin of which 
is unknown, possibly, as Mr. Watson of Kew thinks, the CJmsquea 
tessellata of New Grenada, described by Munro. 
25. Bamhusa LaT/^ZeZ^eW.— Apparently semi-dwarf ; very dis- 
tinct, but of no conspicuous beauty ; worthy of a place in a 
collection. 
26. Bamhiisa qnadr angular is. — The square-stemmed Bamboo^ 
of which five groves are to be seen near Osaka, in Japan. Up to 
the present, in the face of many difficulties, it has survived with 
me, but has not yet made any high growth. 
27. Bamhusa heterocycla. — The Japanese Kikochiku, or 
tortoiseshell Bamboo, so called from the curious arrangement of 
the alternately and partially suppressed internodes at the base of 
the stem, which sheath it in plate-armour like the scales of a 
tortoise. Apparently perfectly hardy, but has not yet thrown 
up any new culms ; planted out in the spring of 1894. 
28. Bamhusa Marliacea. — A very handsome and rare plant. 
29. Bamhusa fastuosa. — A conspicuously fine plant intro- 
duced this year, of which we have, therefore, no experience. M. 
Latour Marliac assures me that it is very hardy and an extremely 
free grower. 
30. Phyllostachys hamhusoides. — Several different species 
have been sent out under this name. But the true plant has 
been received from Hong Kong, and is growing freely. 
31. Phyllostachys aurea. — This plant has also been received 
from Japan under the name of Bamhiisa sterilis. 
32. Phyllostachys mitis. — The tallest of the tribe. I have 
mentioned above the difficulties which beset its cultivation. 
This is the species of which the young shoots are eaten. Hence 
the synonym edulis. 
33. Phyllostachys sulphurea. — A handsome Bamboo ; very 
like 7nitis, but smaller. 
34. Phyllostachys Quilioi. — Introduced by the French 
admiral, Du Quilio, from Japan in 1866. 
35. Phyllostachys viridiglaucesceyis. — A graceful, elegant, 
and very hardy species. 
