Bamhuta] clxxiii. onAMiNE^. (BambuHece, Gamhle.) 393 



13. B. King-iana, Gamble Bamb. Brit. Ind. 46, t. 42; leaves linear- 

 anceolate tessellate by pellucid glands base unequally rounded, petiole flat, 

 weath smooth, hgule broad toothed or timbriate, spikelets i in. few in 

 regniarly spaced clusters ovate flattened, empty gls. 2 ovate acute 

 ffiarpns cihate, fl. gls. 4-6 similar but larger, palea oblong keels lonjf- 

 «iiiate, anthers pemcillate, ovary stipitate broadly ovoid, style short stout. 



UpFEE Burma ; Katha district. Oliver. 



6/«n# 60-70 ft., up to 4 in. diam. Leaves 10-12 bv 1-2| in., tip scabrid, at 

 ^ fparse y hairy beneath, nerves 10-15 pairs ; petiole |-J in. ; sheith smooth, 



pns ciuate, callus broad shining, auricle small naked ; ligule unequaUsided. 



anirte large, compound, rachis of spiciform branchlets flexuous, joints flattened 



n one side, bracts small. Spikelets purplish, rachilla clavate flattened, Lodicules 



inoM ''^*®" '^^''•5"»ias 3.— Habit of a Dendrocalamus. Stem-sheaths not 



oect. III. Shmbby, not spinous. Spikehts ovate, flattened, many- 

 no, long-mucronate. Lodicules 0. 



feed Tt — *'•**'**»'«», munro m Trans. Lnnn. ooc. xxvi. (loon) no; stems 

 stiffl fi ' /^?^®^ l^^'ge stiff brittle ovate- to linear-lanceolate, ligule short 

 ^' ynmbriate, infl. of spikes or panicles terminating leafy branchlets 

 WtH r""^ bracteate clusters of often spirally twisted spikelets about J in., 

 »hite tT' ^™P^y g^s. 1-2 ovate long acuminate 5-7-nerved, flg. longer 

 OTarv w ^^^^^ narrow keels minutely ciliate, anther-tips penicillate, 

 ty pblong pubescent. Gamble Bamh. Brit. Ind. 46, t. 43. B. Rumphiana. 

 Am«V" ^^^^- ^*- S"f^- Senq. xxxix. (1870) 86, Ind. Forester, i. 341. B. 

 ■jahnssana. R. atra, B. picta, B. prava, Li,>dl in Fenny Cyclop, iii. (1835) 



Hort. BoQor. (1866) 20. L. lineala. 



slm^^v ^^^^^•' ^rain, in marshy coast forests.— D 1ST RIB. Malay Archipelago. 

 J<«">em./i k ' "'""*-^'^ flowering, i-1 in. diam., green or striped with yello«r, 

 •lieatbs ■ f '■^"'^^'ed, sparsely bristly ; nodes ringed by the bases of the fallen 

 J'^'Oir ;t'"'*™'^«^8 16-24 in., rough. Stem-sheaths about 6 by 3-4 in., truncate, 

 RUpidatP ^** ^'^^ golden hairs ; blade usually as long as the sheath, ovHte, 

 *"nd onTh *^''l ■ ' "^'^'^>'-"erved, base rounded then dilating into a hairy long ciliate 



on the br»^ *'°^»tl'- J^eaves very variable, up to 15 by 3 in. on the shoots, shorter 

 •""rfins Tl-^' *^"'^ S^^*"^, pale beneath, tessellate by pellucid glands, tips and 

 •"ficles Inn" "^. '^'^''^^^ 8-12; sheath hairy, keeled, truncate, callus minute or 0; 

 '»^cutn.„ ' ^^''^^'e, bristly, deciduous; ligule stiffly fimbriate. Spikelets sessile; 

 •''h SrZTt} '■'"■^'1'" «l'ort, glabrous. Stigmas 3.— A very remarkable spec-.es 

 (fi- iCTX'^^ spikelets. Kurz enumerates 5 varieties in the " Indian Forester. 

 "'« 'ts earliest name.- J. D.H.) 



iWic^J;, J^- Arborescent, not spinous. Spikelets cjlindric, few-fld. 



^■'l4''i^'**'J»*zo8tachyolde8» Kurz ex Gamble Bamb. Brit. Ind. 48, 

 c»llu^ IT ^.^!^'=*^olate to linear-lanceolate, sheath at first hispid truncate. 

 Panicle 1 °'?°'« falcate bearinir lonff twisted stiff bristles, ligule long. 



about 



*W. iL^~2 ovate mucronate many-nerved, flg. gls. 2-3 longer roufifh 

 '>Dg sfvl^ r^'"'"^^ keels ciliate, anthers long-apiculate, ovary elhptic- 

 ?'"-»i 5e< M°?g- Cephaloatachyum schizostachyoides,^"/-- f^f- |^'- 

 134. tJ • Melocanna? Kurzii Uunm in Trans. Linn. Sor. xxvi. (1868) 



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^Uix. (l&^^Vxim Bchizostachyoides, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 



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