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Delicate bamboo on forest of cortal type "[[?]] [[?]]" -  soil [[strikethrough]] sandy but not completely white low type of forest, low and +/- thin or medium trees but dense. with many Piaraba palm. 
Culm rather thin, fragile hollow, thin walls
when very young and lower part of plant smooth, in upper [[strikethrough]] part and in mature plants [[?aqueous]], [[?]] - [[strikethrough]] Nodes not prominent at all. small white sign of leftover sheath.

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Young culms green and [[?]] [[strikethrough]] in part with white [[?wall]]
Bud complement of many buds even when very small. Branch complete: many branches [[strikethrough]] forming a well marked shield, long [[triangle image]] 
many branches in two very distinct rows, one on the front and one on the back of it 
Leaves  small, delicate narrow with quite abundant white, curly oval setae - 
[[?level]] sheath a little

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