Fargesia glabrifolia

HABIT Perennial; caespitose; clumped densely. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; drooping at the tip; 400–600 cm long; 8–20 mm diam.; woody; without nodal roots. Culm-internodes terete; hollow; 30–35 cm long; distally mealy. Lateral branches dendroid; ascending. Branch complement several; with subequal branches. Culm-sheaths tardily deciduous; 18–23 cm long; coriaceous; pubescent; with tawny hairs; without auricles; setose on shoulders; shoulders with straight hairs. Culm-sheath ligule 1–4 mm high; dentate. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; reflexed; 2–5.5 cm long; 2–5 mm wide; glabrous on surface. Leaves 2–3 per branch. Leaf-sheaths glabrous on surface. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; dark. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; 1 mm long; pubescent on abaxial surface; truncate. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.1 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 3–9 cm long; 4–5 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 4 secondary veins; with obscure cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins smooth.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Yi 2002.

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