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384 CLXXiii. GRAMiNEiii:. {Bamlusecp^ Gamble.) [_Arundinaria, 



stems 2-4 ft., leaves ^-1 by -^-^-l io. linear-lanceolate acute mucronate 

 tessellate, sheath hairy above tip long-fimbriate. Oamhle Baml. Brit 

 Ind. 22. Bambusa microphylla, Griff. Joarn. i. 242, 259, Ac. 



Bhotan, alt. 6-10,000 ft., Griffith, 



A gregarious low shrub, formiug lurge patches in wet places ; iuternodes 2-3 id., 

 glabrous; braiiches ^-whorled at the nodes. Leaves with ahnost inembranOQS 

 fimbriate or glabrous margins, nerves 2 pairs; sheatli often dark; ligule obscure.— 

 Descript. after Munro. 



21. A. hirsuta, Munro in Trans, Linyi. Soc. xxvi. (1868) oO; stems 

 4-8 ft. solitary from the rhizome often wtrigosely hairy above, leaves J-o 

 by -2— i in. tessellate strigosely hairy beneath, sheath strigosely hristly 

 ending in a hairy callus and reflexed spinescently bristly auricle. Gamble 

 Bamh. Brit, Ind, 22. t. 20. 



Khasia and Naga Hills, alt. 5000-9500 ft., Griffith, &c. 



Stems g:reyish-greeu, 4-^ in. diam., nodes glabrous; iuternodes up to 13 iu.» 

 walls rather thin. Btem-sheaths 6 in. by 1 in. broad at the base, top rounded wittt 

 large recurved long-cillate auricles ; blade subulate, recurved ; ligule narrow, 

 pubescent. Leaves tessellate, smooth above, hairs white beneath, margins car- 

 tilaginous scabrous-serrate, midrib narrow shining, nerves 4-6 pairs; ligule long, 

 hairy.— Resembles A. W^ghtiana, differing in the well marked auricles and bristle:* 

 of both stem- and leaf-sheaths. 



22. A- Gallatlyi, Gamble BamL Brit, Lid, 23, t. 21 ; stems thin, 

 leaves 3-4 by ^^ in. tessellate whitish beneath base narrowed into a short 

 petiole sheath ending in a narrow callus with about 3 long stiff bristles. 



Tenasserim; Mooljct Hill, alt. GOOO ft., Gallathj. „ . 



A gregarious shrub. Branches smooth, glabrous, striate, sometimes channeU • 

 S7*e;ai;is of brauchlets narrow^ with iuiperfect bhides and long ligules. Leavesj^^^ 

 green, tessellate, tips setaceous, scabrid, smooth above, one margin scabrid, uerves 

 pairs ; ligule triaugular, pubescent. 



Stems distant on elongated rhizomes, 



23. A. jaunsarensis, Gamhie Bamh, Brit. Ind, 23, t. 22; stems 

 slender reed-like, leaves 4-6 by l~'^ in. lanceolate acuminate tessellate base 

 obliquely cuneate, sheath euding'm falcate auricles with a few bristles. 



Westkrx Himalaya ; hills of Jaunsar in Garwlial, alt. 7-8030 ft., ^fa^ii^^-^^^ 

 Rhizome long, creeping, clothed with shining imbricate ovate acute sea ^• 

 Stems 2-3 ft. ap.irt, 10-15 ft. higli, \ in. diam,, young glaucous, old ^'"^^"J^'^^ 

 brown, iuternodes 9-11 in. Stem-sheaths 6-10 in. bv li-2 iu. broad at the o« ; 

 narrowed to a truncate 2-auriclcd bristly tip; bladJ 1-3 iu , s^il^»^^^*'''/^*'*"^\,iu5 

 ligule sliorc, pubescent. Leaves thin, suiuoth above, scabciulous l^^'"*-''*^"' *"^^^.aP 

 scabrouft.serrate, tessellate, nt^rves 4-5 pairs ; sheath with falcate auricles ^''^^^. ^.^^ 

 5-6 stiff bristles; ligule short, truncate, pubescent.— Nearest to A. ^'^^ .7j„uer 

 distinguished by its rhizome, solitary green stems, auricled sheath, and 



leaves. 



24. A. Rolloana, Gamble Bamb, Brit. Lid. 24, t. 23; stems ra^ther 

 rough somewhat Hattened on one side, lower nodes rooting, leaves - 

 1-1^ in. oblong-lanceolate acute tessellate base rounded sparsely 

 beneath, sheath ending in a rounded long-ciliate auricle. 



Assam ; Naga Hills, alt. 5-7000 fc, J. Rollo. , ^ ■ • fa flboat 



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.fi/mowe at first clothed with imbricating scales, afterwards jointed, join 

 in. long. Stems 8 ft. by -i-| in. diam., green then yellow, lower nodes ro 



