Cephalostachyum schizostachyaides, Kurz. Burmah. Height 30
feet.
Chusquea abietifolia, Grisebach. West-Indies. Tall, scandent.
Chusquea capiiuliflora, Trinius. South-Brazil. Very tall.
Chusquea Colcnu, E. Desvaux. Chili. Height 20 feet. Straight.
Chusquea Dombeyana, Kuuth. Peru ; ascends to 6,000 feet.
Height 10 feet.
Chusquea Fendleri, Munro. Central America ; ascends to 12,000
feet.
Chusquea Galleotliana, Rnprecht. Mexico ; ascends to 8,000 fe e t..
Chusquea Gaudichaudiana, Kunth. South-Brazil. Very tall.
Chusquea lorentziana, Grisebach. Sub-tropic Argentina. Height
30 feet ; not hollow. Useful for many kinds of utensils and
structures.
Chusquea montana, Philippi. Chilian Andes. Height 10 feet.
Chusquea Muelleri, Munro. Mexico ; ascends to 8,000 feet.
Climbing.
Chusquea Quila, Kunth. Chili. Tall.
Chusquea scandens, Kunth. Colder Central America. Climbing,
tall.
Chusquea simplicijlora, Munro. Panama. Height 80 feet.
Scandent.
Chusquea tenuifiora, Philippi. Chili. Height 12 feet.
Chusquea uniflora, Steudel. Central America. Height 20 feet.
Dendrocalamus fla g ellifer, Munro. Malacca. Very tall.
Bendrocalamus Hamiltoni, Nees. Himalaya ; ascends to 6,000
feet. Height 60 feet.
Dendrocalamus Hookeri, Munro. Himalaya ; ascends to 6,000
feet. Height 50 feet.
Dendrocalamus sericeus, Munro. Behar ; ascends to 4,000 feet.
Tall.
Dinoehloa Tjankorreh, Buese. Ja v a , P h ilip p in e s; ascends to
4,000 feet. Climbing.
Gigantochloa heterostachya, Munro. Malacca. Height 30 feet.
Guadua capitata, Munro. South-Brazil. Height 20 feet.
Guadua macrostachya, Rnprecht. Guiana to Brazil. Height
30 feet.
Guadua paniculata, Munro. Brazil. Height 30 feet.
Guadua refracta, Munro. Brazil. Height 30 feet.
Guadua Tagoara, Kuuth. South-Brazil ; ascends to 2,000 feet.
Height 30 feet.
Guadua virgata, Rnprecht. South-Brazil. Height 25 feet.
Merostachys Clausseni, Munro. South-Brazil. Height 80 feet
Merostachys Kunthii, Rnprecht. South-Brazil. Height 30 feet.
Merostachys ternata, Nees. South-Brazil. Height 20 feet.
Nastus Borbonicus, Gmelin. Bourbon ; ascends to 4,000 feet.
Height 50 feet.
Oxytenanthera Abyssinica, Munro. Abyssinia to A n g o la ; ascends
to 4,000 feet. Height 50 feet.
Oxytenanthera alho-ciliata, Munro. Pegu, Moulmeiu. Tali,
scandent.
Platonia nobilis, Munro. New Granada, colder region.
Pseudostachyurn polymorphum, Munro. Himalaya ; ascends to
6,000 feet. Very tall.
Teinostachyum. Griffithi, Munro. Tall and slender. Referred by
Kurz to Cephalostachyum.
Besides these, various others are specially enumerated in the
alphabetic sequence of this work. See index also.
Schizostachyum braohycladum, Kurz.
Sunda-Islands and Moluccas. Stems a t length 40 feet high, very
hollow. The short branches give to this Bamboo a peculiar habit.
One variety has splendidly yellow stems.
Schizostachyum elegantissimum, Kurz.
Ja v a ; at elevations from 3,000 to 6,000 feet. Unlike all other
Bamboos, this hears flowers at an age of three years, and is therefore
of special importance for seenio effect. Height 25 f e e t ; stems stout.
I t requires renewal after flowering, like many allied plants.
Schizostachyum Hasskarlianum, Kurz.
Ja v a . This and S. serpentinum afford the best kinds of Bamboo-
vegetables for cookery ; the young shoots, when bursting out of the
ground, being used for the purpose. Kurz mentions as eulmary
“ Rebong ’’-Bamboos : Gigantochloa aspera, G. robusta, G. maxima,
G. atter. For ornamental culture the same meritorious writer singles
out : Schizostachyum brachycladum, the varieties of Bambusa vulgaris,
with gaudy and glossy colouring of the stems, in contrast with
the black-stemmed species of Phyllostachys from China and Japan.
Schizostach3Tum irratum, Steudel.
Sunda-Islands and Moluccas. Stems to 30 feet high, remarkably
slender.
Schizostachyum Zollingeri, Steudel.
Hills of Jav a. Much cultivated. Height to 35 f e e t ; stems
slender.
Schkuhria abrotanoides, Roth.
From iPeru to Argentina. This annual herb yields locally an
insecticidal powder.