Arundinaria.] clxxiit. gramike^e. {Bamhusecs, Gamble.) 381 



pominent, glabrous; gl. I and II short, ovate, acute, glabrous, l-S-Borved; fig 

 gU. ovate, 3-7-nerved, tip ciliate ; palea acute, thickly pubesceut, keels ciliate. 

 i«tt erg short, obtuse. ' J f 



* ■ 



k.*k^T^*'f'^'^' ^^^^'^ shrubs. InjL of fascicled racemes on leafless or on 

 W)th leafj and leafless stems ; bracts small. 



12. A. falcata, Nees in Limuva, ix. (1834) 478; steins annual, inter- 

 nodes smooth, nodes swollen, leaves small linear shortly petioled scabrid 

 giaudnlar between the nerves, above not tessellate tip setaceous twisted, 

 fl. of fascicled falcate racemes at the nodes, bracts short narrow mem- 

 R "a^^^ ^' gls. 1-2 subacute mucrooate 7-9.nerved, tips ciliate. Gamble 

 Jy m-'-'''^' 12^ t. 11, 12; Miiford, The Bamboo Garden, 1G7. ?A. 

 °tui8, LlegL in Joitrn. Agr, Hort, Soc, Ind, xiii. (Ib65) 388, 



7000ftT^^^ Himalaya ; from the Ravi to Kepal, alt. 4-12,000 ft. (rarely over 



Dodes^TK ^^' ^^^^ ^ woody rootstock, ^-J in. diam,, green, sometimes pruhiose; 

 ofteupi ^^^^. ^^ bivsute; internodes 6-12 in., walls thin; stem-sheaths papery, 

 roaririn" f ^ "^-^ ^^^^brous and scaberulous above, hairy beneath above the middle, 

 We oV 1^^' *^'^P^^'*"^ ^o ^ truncate tip ; blade ^-2 in. by y^ '"•> subulate recurved ; 

 «hoot8 T V"'' toothed. Leaves about 3-4 by |-i in., or 12 by 1 in. on young 

 'Daniel ^^ ^'* ^*^^^^ ^^^^^ nervules pe'luoid ,• sheath glabrous; ligule long. 



Uin%^^"" separate stems. Splkelets -J-| in,; rachilla cunoate, tip hairy; yl. 

 scabrou ^■^,*^^^^^^ li longer, 7-9-nerved, tip acute ciliate ; fl. gls. i in., mucronate, 

 Thej. J*' P^^^^ = fl- gl. or rather longer (margins of gl and palea often black).— 

 ^-glorj^ y^'Oj^ars. : a. hjjiica, Gaiuble, spikelets distant in filiform falcate racemes; 

 QfiffK Z : ^^^*^^^^le, spikelets 3-4 tojrether inclose racemes or panicles.— A utilxs, 

 '^iK may hefalcata or .rpathijlora. 



13. A. khasiaua, Mimvo in Trans. Linn, Soc. xxvi. (1868) 28; 



1 or blackish, nodes prominen 

 ^erve^^ n +' "V"'^"" "''** by ^ in. linear-lanceolate glinjumax vj^x.^^^^^ v^^. 

 at the Ta V^^^^y tessellate, infl. of fascicled falcate geniculate panicles 

 ciliate p ',;^^^^^« short ovate, fl. gl. mucrouate, margins above and tip 





^ark^^^^r^^^\' ^'^^^^ green or blackish, nodes prominent, branchlets fascicled 

 npr..: *!" ^^v^s J^"4 by i- in. linear-lanceolate fflandiilar betAveen the 



J, Gff;;^We Bamh, Brit. Indl 15, t." 13. 



"edensp!^^.^ to^neparate from A. jalcata. 



°ioredpnsp^7'-'' '" ^t^piirate trom A. Jalcata, but a stiffer stronger plant, panicle 



^^*i luabrieated, flowers shorter, racUilla of spikelet hairy. 



^Ii2*f^*^"l ^'V^^^^edia, Munro in Tram. Linn. Soc. xvl (18C8) 28 ; stems 



*W J \^^^^^'^' -^^t' ^-7000 ft., J, B. IL, &c. _ ^ , . 



MObvil''^'^^*-^^^'^^'!; internodes 5-10 iu , walls V,-I- in. thick; stem-sheaths 

 •^^'^^^v the «1 ' n* ^^ ^''«^' ghibrous, striate, narrowed upwards and truncate, cilmte 

 f^*^^i^,inK subulate blade. Leaves bright green, upper surface and margins 

 H^*tbe lrV'''"^^"*^"ti sheath with long marginal hairs, a nnnute ciliate calus 

 '^^lelonc.^^T V'"^ *^" ^^^1' «Hle a falcate auricle bordered by suff curved bristles ; 

 r^'^^JU clavi'-^ ; "*" ^''^^^^^ stems. Spilelets J -1 in. yellow or purplish, nodes of 

 ''^-^K^aK *" ^«"g-ciliute; gl. 1 and II ovate, membranous.-The long cihate 



aa excellent character. 



