Chimonocalamus peregrinus

HABIT Perennial; caespitose. Rhizomes short; pachymorph. Culms erect; erect at the tip; 450–500 cm long; 15–25 mm diam.; woody; 17–32 -noded; with root thorns from the nodes. Culm-internodes terete; 15–25(–33) cm long; mid-green and purple; mottled; distally glabrous. Culm-nodes swollen; pubescent. Lateral branches dendroid. Branch complement three. Culm-sheaths deciduous; coriaceous; puberulous; with appressed hairs; with grey hairs, or tawny hairs; hairy on margins; triangular at apex. Culm-sheath ligule 1–2 mm high; purple; fimbriate. Culm-sheath blade triangular; erect; 1.5–9 cm long; 4–9 mm wide; glabrous on surface. Leaves (4–)6–8 per branch. Leaf-sheaths 3–3.6 cm long; outer margin glabrous. Leaf-sheath oral hairs setose; erect; 3–4 mm long. Leaf-sheath auricles absent. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 1 mm long; purple. Leaf-blade base cuneate; with a brief petiole-like connection to sheath; petiole 0.07–0.15 cm long. Leaf-blades linear, or lanceolate; 8.5–13 cm long; 6–10 mm wide. 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. Yi & Ma 2011.

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