柔毛筇竹 rou mao qiong zhu

Qiongzhuea puberula Hsueh & T. P. Yi, Acta Bot. Yunnan. 5: 42. 1983; Oreocalamus puberulus (Hsueh & T. P. Yi) P. C. Keng.

Culms erect, 4–5 m, 1.5–2.5 cm in diam.; internodes terete or slightly 4-angled, (8–)15–17(–20) cm, initially puberulous; wall 2–5 mm; nodes with slightly conspicuous ridge, glabrous, glossy; sheath scar conspicuous, brown ciliate. Branches 3(–7) per node. Culm sheaths gradually deciduous, oblong-ovoid or triangular, truncate or arched, leathery, brown hirsute, margins brown hirsute; auricles absent; ligule truncate or arched, ca. 1 mm, glabrous; blade erect, triangular, 2–13 × 1–2 mm. Leaves (2 or)3(or 4) per ultimate branch; sheaths 3–4 cm, margins densely gray ciliate; auricles absent; oral setae 3–5, 3–5 mm; ligule truncate or arched, ca. 1 mm, rounded; blade lanceolate, (4.5–)10–15(–19) × (0.6–)1–1.6 cm, secondary veins (3 or)4- or 5(or 6)-paired. Inflorescence unknown. New shoots Oct.

* Hills; 1200–1500 m. Guizhou (Luzhi).