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  • Yushania falcatiaurita 
                                  
               Height 3 feet, diameter 0.3-0.5inch,inernode about 5 inches, area below joint heavily pruinose. Culm wall thick, nearly solid; remnant of sheath base often attached to sheath annulus; culm annulus flat; 5-15 branches on each node, sheath shedding late, being about one half of the internode length; sheath auricles falciform; sheath ligule short and low. Slightly down; leaves lanceolate with 3-5 pairs of secondary veins and somewhat distinct transverse veinlets. Shoot period May-June.

Distribution in China: Yunnan, Sichuan province, at lower part of hill slopes, at an elevation of 1700m.
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