Yushania mitis

HABIT Perennial. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; 300–400 cm long; 10–20 mm diam.; woody. Culm-internodes terete; with small lumen; 27–30 cm long; distally glabrous, or hispid. Lateral branches dendroid. Bud complement 1. Branch complement several. Culm-sheaths deciduous; 0.5 length of internode; coriaceous; brown and purple; distinctly mottled with last colour; hispid; with yellow hairs; hairy on margins; without auricles; glabrous on shoulders. Culm-sheath ligule 1.5–4 mm high; lacerate. Culm-sheath blade linear, or lanceolate; reflexed; 1–3 cm long; 1.5–2.5 mm wide. Leaves 3–6 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 1.8–2.3 cm long; glabrous on surface; outer margin hairy. Leaf-sheath oral hairs scanty; 1–5 mm long. Ligule a ciliolate membrane; 0.5 mm long; truncate, or obtuse. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath. Leaf-blades lanceolate; 1.2–10.5 cm long; 2–8 mm wide; chartaceous. Leaf-blade venation with 4–8 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. Yi 2002.

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