Arunclinaria.] clxxiii. gramine^. (Bam'b7/sece, Gamble.) 379 



ji bugumy puoescent; gls. 1 ana li ovate, mucrouate,5-7-u 

 longer i palea 2-cu3pidate, hirsute, tip ciliate, keels smooth. 



ttt Spikelets racemose. 



im]^' ^^^sif'olia, Mtinro in Trans. Linn, Soc, xxvi. (1868) 32 ; small. 

 .^^S^^^arious, leaves leathery densely imbricate subsessile lanceolate 

 ^ ^ ^^ ^^^S-^o^^in-dte spiniilose-serrate tessellately nerved, base rounded 

 TH(^A^ ^^^> ^spxkelets 1-fld. in a dense panicle of leafy branchlets bearing 

 Sf i "^".^ spikelets. fl. gl. long-mucronate. Trim. CaL Cej/L PL 110 ; 

 ^^me Bamh. Brit Ind, 8. t. 7. 



-^•auricled 

 broadly cartila^ 



rp^larlv f n ' miariD tluck, pnimiry nerves i-:5 oDscure, secouaary to 



«l^ve. r 1 I ^^^^^ nervules; sheath striate, ciliate with whitish stiff iiairs 

 ^Wt hiopnl% iV ,^^""^ed. i^airy. S pike let s ^\-\m., rachllla glabrous; gl. I 

 Wnervp f -^ broader, 5-nerved, keel scabrous; palea 2.iinicronate, with a 

 ^n/ ellip ^^f^^^ ^^^^^ scabrid keel. Lodicules obovate, fimbriate. Anthers long. 



8. A. 



Xi 



^^t from — r***"''«'> -^^^nnro m Trans, Jjinn, ooc, xxvi. ^^iodo; i/ ; stem 

 ^ssellate f ^ ^^^ rhizome, internodes scabrous, leaves linear-lanceolate 

 AortraoA setaceous, margins scabrous-serrulate, spikelets 4-8-fld. on 

 surroiiT^^Il? ^^ ^ simple terminal panicle of close leafy wborled branches 



^^rroundpJT simpje terminal panicle ot close ieaty wuoriea Draucne>s 



W rii;!f ^y P«^8i«tent sheaths, fig. gls. caudate-acuminate from a broad 

 Weftm" ^^^^^^^^ -Ba«i6. 7iW^. J;;r?. 9, t. 8; 3Iitford, The Bamboo 

 J *% A. GammieauM.. dnmhlp in.<ts (-An Alnine form\ 



«C 5 if.. ^^^^^^> ^^'t- fM2,000 ft. 

 12-15 in bli ^>'tV2 in. diam., walls thin, nodes a mere ring; internodes 



usually iQ J /^^'Sreen ^^'hen young; hranches fascicUd at the nodes; stem-sbeatbs 

 ^« truncatp t- '\^*^' covered with scattered stiff black hairs, narrowed convexly to 

 '^^^owed intn fl *^ subulate, reflexed. Learcs 4-7 hy i-| in., base rounded or 

 Promioeut nV- ^'^^i' ^^^^^^' P^'tiole, glahrous or sparsely hairy above, inidnb 



**'^tl» 2.anVi7^^^ "^-^^'^'^s 3-5 pairs, secondary 5-7, transverse nervules conspicuous; 

 ^ttnic/e with , i"^'*^^* ^ ^i^i^^te membrane below the blade; lignle short, obtuse. 

 ^*^^»Jl:i clav«f ^*T^*^^^ V'di^hh, pedicels 1-1^ in., waw, angular. Spikelets l~H m., 



5 ° ^8 of 8tem spinous (except ^. FantUvgi). 



'f^^^riona^r?®*^*^'*^? 3/«?^J•o iw Traw*. im«. Soe. xxvi (1868) 20; 

 '^'1 linear ,^''™«'^es furrowed, nodes girt with a riug of tawny hairs, leaves 

 'P'telets 4-fi w^^^''^*^ acuminate tesselhitc margins smooth, tips setaceous, 

 '•bonded hv u "i whorled clusters on a terminal panicle which is sur- 

 '"""onate '^^^^^in^ bracts, pedicels hairy, Hg. gls- lanceolate long- 



Bhii,^'" ^"""^^^^ Samh. Brit. Ind. 10, t. 9. 

 **n^tA,&c, "^^-^N, Vantlitiff. Kuasia luid Jaintea Hills, alt. 3 IGOO ft., 



*"' ^*^30 ft. by l_ij in^ ^ij^^j^ olive-grccuj spines short, stout; internodes 



