Arunrlinaria.] clxxiii. gt^amisem. {Bambuscce, Gamble,) 377 



A, Species of which the flowers are known. 



Sect. 1. Erect shrubs; infl. on leafy branches ; bracts of infl. small. 



otamens 3. 



Nodes of stem not spinous. See also A. Pantlingi. 

 t Spihkts many, in larje terminal panicles. 



, \ ^alkeriana, Munro in Tmns. Linn. Sac. xxvi. (1868) 21 ; 

 eaves short.y stoutly petioied thick elliotic to oblonar-lanceolate ounerent 



TfiAVAxcoiiE; Pulnej Hills, Beddome. Ceylon ; Wall-er, TTimaites. 

 iboat'lS' '"■,'*''*"'■' ''•I'ckly clothed above with sheatlis of fallen leaves, internodes 

 win- sh'"'tl y'^'^'^ ^~^^ V 1-H in-. ^J^'^e cucnllate, miflrib narrow, nerves 6-10 

 •hort' p "^'-'^^'■""s, mouth truncate ciliate, margiu with curved biistles; ligule 

 "Pper sn- ""i *i ?~-'-^^"-> red-ptirple, branchlets filiform, lower axils glandular and 

 fachilk fl^tf^ 1 '"'^'' ^Pi^^'elets up to 1 in. wheu mature, narrow, glabious, 3-4.fld. ; 

 ■nore-nen 1 ' '"^'''*'' ' ^'- ^ '""'^ ^' subequal Jg-| in., I usuallj ^-nerved ; II, S-or 

 '<miediat fi ''P"^"^-"^*'» '-"'I'^te ; flg. gls. larger, with 2 prominent nerves and in- 



niier ones ; keels of palua ciliate.— Probably flowers frequently. 



Wiffht 



'«aves thi f **^' ^^'^^^ '^ Linmva, ix. (1834) 482; shrubby, slender, 

 flarrn™.^ shortly petioied ]ons:-acuminate tessellatf* base rounded or 



'arrowed 



"Preadir,^ °i'^'"giDs incurved scabrid, spikelets l!-5-flJ. in dense leafy 

 it)- ir"5 P^n'c es lonjr.pedicelled, fl. gls. obtuse. Bupr. Bamh. 26, t. 3,f. 

 -l/au "r "" ^'^'^'-Linn. Soc. xxvi. (1868) 19; Bed./. Fl. S^lv., Forest, 

 ^i^- n,.^-'^'"'^- G'«'»- t. 28; Brandis For. Fl. 563; Steud.Syn. Gram. 



'''•80(X)*fh'^''^J^*^^*^'^'O'^> "It. G -8600 ft., Wight, &c. Ceylon ; Pedrotailagalla, 



*'"> a hair, '•"'''^°.'"*''* '^'■'""-•hing. Stems 6-10 ft., or higher; nodes swollen, girt 



i,""g; internodes 



"■'^e.-Plnu^ ' P"^''" 2-caspiaate, 3-nJrved and trausversely nervuled, keels 



!!l'''^'''e-bas.d '^fi^' Gan.ble 1. c. ; leaf-sheath.s and stems thickly clothed with 

 ^^<l c I ^ , '" ''*>•''■». internodes more flattened on one side. A. hispida, 



• ™o''»'formis, JJochst. in ILrh. HoUenacl: n. 1282. 



'''^"te, ■ i?°'*^^»da, Thw. Ennm. Bh Zeyl. 375; internodes retrorsely 

 ".frowed i^r^ ^^"^ Janceolate acuminate .spinulose-serrate tef^sellate 



,^-)20- nV/r "• «'s. acuminate. Munro m Iran!!. JA>ni. ouv. aav. 

 "•^i Gamhhn T ^"^^ '"^'U^"- ForeH. Man. p. ccxxx. ; Tnm. Cat. Ce>/f. Bl. 



^.^t"n. '2!^ l^'""''"*^ '^'^trict, alt. 5000 ft., Thwait^s (CP. n. 2624). 



• "I'tath J ^'■^''^ 5 internodes 2-4 in. Leaves glabrous, primary nerves 3-4 



sometimes hispid with tubercle.based hairs, ending in a ciliate mem- 



