1. Tribe BAMBUSEAE - China

96POACEAElate, apex acuminate and obtuse. Inflorescence a raceme; spikelets2–4; florets 2 or 3. Glumes 2, glabrous; lemma glabrous,apex obtuse; palea glabrous, apex sharply obtuse; lodicules ciliate.Ovary cylindrical, ca. 2 mm; style 1, very short; stigmas 3,penicillate. Caryopsis unknown.● NW Hunan.78. Fargesia vicina (Keng) T. P. Yi, J. Bamboo Res. 7(2): 113.1988.紫 序 箭 竹 zi xu jian zhuArundinaria vicina Keng, Sinensia 7: 410. 1936; Pseudosasavicina (Keng) T. Q. Nguyen; Sinarundinaria vicina (Keng)P. C. Keng.Rhizome, culm, and culm sheath unknown. Floweringbranches 3 per node; ligule truncate or arcuate, ca. 1 mm,abaxially sparsely hairy. Leaves 1–3 per flowering branch;blade 2.5–8 × 0.4–0.7 cm, glabrous, secondary veins 3-paired,transverse veins distinct, one margin scabrous, other marginsmooth. Inflorescence a raceme; spikelets 3–5, 2–3 cm, rachillainternodes 4–5 mm, slightly pilose; florets 4–6. Glumes 2,glabrous, apex acuminate; lemma sparsely hairy, apex obtuse oracuminate; palea keels setose; lodicules yellow-brown, marginsapically ciliate. Stamens unknown. Stigmas 2. Caryopsis unknown.● Yunnan.The type locality remains unknown.Taxa incertae sedisFargesia macrophylla Hsueh & C. M. Hui, Bull. Bot. Res.,Harbin 18: 258. 1998.阔 叶 箭 竹 kuo ye jian zhuRhizome sympodial. Culms 2–3 m, 0.5–1 cm in diam.;internodes terete, 28–38 cm, initially thinly white powdery,glabrous, hollow; sheath scar prominent, glabrous. Branchesvery many per node, subequal. Culm sheaths persistent, shorterthan internode, leathery, sometimes scattered setose, marginsdensely ciliate, longitudinal ribs only laterally conspicuous;auricles and oral setae absent; ligule truncate, 2–5 mm; bladereflexed, base narrower than mouth or sheath. Leaves 3–5 perultimate branch; sheath glabrous; auricles and oral setae absent;ligule rounded or truncate, ca. 1 mm; blade 15–25 × 2–4 cm,proximally pilose, secondary veins 5–7-paired, transverse veinsdistinct. Inflorescence unknown.● 1900–2000 m. Yunnan (Fugong).This taxon appears to key out with Fargesia pauciflora (speciesno. 54); the authors compared it with F. hsuehiana, which could bedistinguished by, e.g., the initially setose culm internodes and nodes,culm sheath ligules only ca. 0.7 mm, and smaller leaves, 6–14 × 0.7–1.2cm.Fargesia nujiangensis Hsueh & C. M. Hui, Bull. Bot. Res.,Harbin 18: 261. 1998.怒 江 箭 竹 nu jiang jian zhuFargesia nujiangensis f. lanpingensis J. R. Hsueh & C. M.Hui; F. nujiangensis f. striata J. R. Hsueh & C. M. Hui.Rhizome sympodial. Culms 3–5 m, 1–3 cm in diam.; internodesterete, 23–30 cm, prominently ridged, initially denselywhite powdery or waxy, filled with pith (hollow in f. lanpingensis);nodes glabrous. Branches 5 per node, equal. Culmsheaths soon or gradually deciduous, streaked with yellow in f.striata, shorter than internode, leathery, sparsely caducoussetose,margins distally ciliate, longitudinal ribs prominent,transverse veins not evident, apex truncate or sometimes retuse;auricles and oral setae absent; ligule 2–5 mm; blade reflexed(erect in f. striata), base narrower than mouth or sheath. Leaves2 or 3 per ultimate branch; sheath glabrous; auricles and oralsetae absent; ligule ca. 1 mm; blade lanceolate, 5–10 × 0.5–0.6cm, glabrous, secondary veins 2- or 3-paired, transverse veinsobscure. Inflorescence unknown.● 2500–2900 m. Yunnan (Gaoligong Shan).Fargesia nujiangensis was compared by its authors with F.hsuehiana, which differs most obviously by having initially setose culminternodes, 6–9 branches per culm node, and persistent culm sheaths.Fargesia stricta Hsueh & C. M. Hui, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin18: 266. 1998.马 兹 箭 竹 ma zi jian zhuCulms 5–8 m, 2–3 cm in diam.; internodes terete, 30–37cm, obscurely ridged, glabrous, hollow or filled with pith towardculm apex; wall about as thick as cavity; supra-nodal ridgeprominent, remains of sheath base persistent. Branches 3–5(–8)per node, unequal. Culm sheaths soon deciduous, oblong,leathery, brown setose, setae densest proximally, longitudinalribs prominent, margins not ciliate; auricles and oral setaeabsent; ligule 1–3 mm, shortly ciliate; blade reflexed, linearlanceolate,narrower than mouth of sheath. Leaves 3 or 4(or 5)per ultimate branch; auricles and oral setae absent; ligule ca. 1mm; blade lanceolate, 5–10 × 0.5–0.8 cm, secondary veins 2- or3-paired, transverse veins obscure. Inflorescence unknown.● 2200–2300 m. Yunnan (Lushui).The authors compared this species with what is now Himalayacalamuscollaris.In addition, the following species have been described from China:Fargesia brevistipedis T. P. Yi (J. Bamboo Res. 19(1): 14. 2000)was described from sterile material from Sichuan (Tianquan). In theprotologue it was compared with F. pauciflora.Fargesia incrassata T. P. Yi (J. Bamboo Res. 19(1): 16. 2000) wasdescribed from sterile material from Sichuan (Tianquan). In the protologueit was compared with F. fractiflexa (Drepanostachyum fractiflexumin this account).Fargesia ostrina T. P. Yi (Acta Bot. Yunnan. 22: 251. 2000) wasdescribed from Sichuan (Wanyuan). In the protologue it was comparedwith F. murielae.