1. Tribe BAMBUSEAE - China

170POACEAEPhyllostachys sapida T. P. Yi.Culms ca. 6 m, 3–4 cm in diam.; internodes ca. 20 cm,initially white powdery, glabrous; wall ca. 4 mm thick; nodalridge slightly elevated, as prominent as sheath scar. Culmsheaths faintly red-brown or yellow-brown, usually alternatingwith pale and deep colored stripes, with denser purple-brownspots especially distally, glabrous, distal margins usually strawcolored;auricles and oral setae absent; ligule brown, arcuate,sometimes slightly convex at middle, ciliolate; blade reflexed,abaxially pale purple-brown, adaxially green, lanceolate tolinear-lanceolate, flat. Leaves 2 or 3 per ultimate branch; auriclesand oral setae commonly absent; ligule strongly exserted,arcuate, ciliolate; blade lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 7–16 ×1–2 cm. New shoots Apr. 2n = 48*.● Cultivated. Anhui, Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei,Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang.The culms of this hardy species are used for weaving and for toolhandles.10. Phyllostachys virella T. H. Wen, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin2(1): 72. 1982.东 阳 青 皮 竹 dong yang qing pi zhuCulms ca. 9 m, ca. 5 cm in diam.; internodes initiallygreen, not white powdery, puberulent, becoming light green,white powdery on upper portion at maturity, sometimesminutely pitted (visible under 10 × lens); nodal ridge moreprominent than sheath scar. Culm sheaths gray-green, largerones evenly and sparsely strewn with small spots, distal marginstinged with purple, glabrous throughout even on margins;auricles and oral setae absent; ligule dark purple, truncate, 1–2mm, margin with purple cilia ca. 0.5 mm; blade erect, green,with purple margins, triangular to linear, distally crinkled.Leaves 2 or 3 per ultimate branch; sheath glabrous except forciliolate margins; auricles absent; oral setae 3–5, erect, ca. 8mm; ligule truncate, ca. 1 mm, margin with cilia 1–2 mm; bladebroadly lanceolate to narrowly oblong, 11–16 × 2–2.5 cm, bothsurfaces glabrous, margins smooth or rarely scabrous. Inflorescencenot known. New shoots Apr–May.● Sandy sites; below 100 m. Zhejiang.This species was treated as a synonym of Phyllostachys meyeri byChao and Tang (J. Nanjing Forest. Univ. 17(4): 6. 1993) and of P. rubromarginataby Lai and Hong (J. Bamboo Res. 14(2): 11. 1995).11. Phyllostachys shuchengensis S. C. Li & S. H. Wu, J.Anhui Agric. Coll. 1981(2): 50. 1981.舒 城 刚 竹 shu cheng gang zhuPhyllostachys rubromarginata McClure f. castigata T. H.Wen.Culms to 10 m, ca. 3.5 cm in diam.; internodes to 35 cm ormore, thinly white powdery; wall 4.5–5 mm thick; nodal ridgesweakly elevated, as prominent as sheath scar; sheath scar initiallydensely retrorsely yellow pubescent on margin. Culmsheaths green or pale green, unmarked or large sheaths withdistal sparse small spots, basal sheaths often with purple orgolden stripes, distal margins red-purple, base densely fringedwith yellow pubescence; auricles and oral setae absent; liguledark purple, truncate or more commonly weakly concave, lessthan 1 mm, with red-purple bristles much longer than 1 mm,ciliolate; blade horizontal or reflexed, green-purple, linear, flat,much narrower than ligule at base. Leaves 1 or 2 per ultimatebranch; auricles absent or small in young culms; oral setae erector radiate in young culms; ligule slightly exserted, purple,ciliate; blade lanceolate, oblong to linear, 6–17 × 1.2–2.2 cm,abaxially scabrid along midrib. Flowering branchlets spicate,ca. 5 cm, subtended by 4 or 5 scaly bracts gradually larger;spathes 5 or 6, auricles and oral setae absent or oral setaeweakly developed; blade lanceolate to subulate, small. Pseudospikelets(1 or)2–4 per spathe, if 3 or 4 then 1 or 2 smaller andsterile. Spikelets with 1–4 florets. Rachilla glabrous or pubescent;palea shorter than lemma, pubescent; lodicules narrowlyrhomboid, ca. 4 mm. Anthers 0.8–4 cm. Stigmas 3. New shootsearly May, fl. May.● Roadsides, river banks, cultivated, Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi,Henan, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang.This species was misidentified as Phyllostachys rubromarginataby Geng and Wang in FRPS (9(1): 263. 1996).The culms are used for weaving.12. Phyllostachys angusta McClure, J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 35:278. 1945.黄 古 竹 huang gu zhuCulms to 8 m, 3–4 cm in diam., straight; internodes graygreenat maturity, to 26 cm, initially thinly white powdery,glabrous; wall ca. 3 mm thick; nodal ridge weakly elevated, asprominent as sheath scar. Culm sheaths milky-white, tingedwith yellow-green, unequally striped with purple, with sparse,small, brown spots, not white powdery, glabrous, marginsciliate; auricles and oral setae absent; ligule pale yellow-green,truncate or slightly convex, tall, narrow, notched or laciniate,with pale cilia to 5 mm; blade spreading or reflexed, greenishcream or sometimes purple, linear, flat. Leaves 2 or 3 per ultimatebranch; auricles absent; oral setae sometimes present;ligule exserted, yellow-green; blade linear-lanceolate or lanceolate,5–17 × 1.2–2 cm, abaxially proximally pilose. Inflorescencenot known. New shoots late Apr. 2n = 48*.● Cultivated. Anhui, Fujian, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang.This species is similar to Phyllostachys flexuosa, but differs in itsinconspicuously pruinose culm internodes, its paler (nearly white),sparsely speckled culm sheaths, and its paler, ciliate, yellow-greenligules.The culms are used for weaving fine bamboo articles.13. Phyllostachys flexuosa Rivière & C. Rivière, Bull. Soc.Natl. Acclim. France, sér. 3, 5: 758. 1878.曲 竿 竹 qu gan zhuBambusa flexuosa Carrière, Rev. Hort. 1870: 320. 1870,not Munro (1868).Culms 5–6(–10) m, 2–4(–7) cm in diam., basally usually ±flexuose; internodes initially green, later gray, to 30 cm ormore, initially perceptibly white powdery, especially below