Fargesia hygrophila

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 300–500 cm long; 10–25 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 15–18 cm long; striate; distally mealy. Culm-nodes flush with internodes. Lateral branches dendroid. Bud complement 1. Branch complement several; thinner than stem. Culm-sheaths persistent; 26–47 cm long; 4–5 times as long as wide; coriaceous; yellow; hispid; with yellow hairs, or tawny hairs; glabrous on margins; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 1 mm high. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; reflexed; 2.5–7 cm long; 1.5–2.5 mm wide. Leaves 2–9 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 2.8–7.1 cm long; outer margin glabrous. Leaf-sheath oral hairs scanty, or setose; erect and deciduous; 1–2.5 mm long; dark. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 0.5 mm long; obtuse. Collar with external ligule. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.1–0.3 cm long. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 6–14 cm long; 6–14 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 6–8 secondary veins; with distinct cross veins. Leaf-blade surface glabrous. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex acuminate.

INFLORESCENCE Flowering specimens unknown.

DISTRIBUTION Asia-temperate: China.

NOTES Arundinarieae. Hsueh & Yi 2002.

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