The bamboo belongs to the Gramineous family; it grows in thick groves, in the woods, on the river banks, and wherever it finds a humid soil.
"Adventures in the Philippine Islands"
Paul P. de La Gironière
Their declivities nourish immense forests and fine pastures in which grow gigantic trees-palm trees, rattans, and lianas of a thousand kinds, or Gramineous plants of various sorts, particularly the wild sugar cane, which rises to the height of from nine to twelve feet from the ground; in their interior are rich mines of copper, gold, iron, and coal.
"Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce"
E. R. Billings
Europe is indebted to America for this valuable Gramineous plant.
"Adventures of a Young Naturalist"
Lucien Biart