400 CLixiTi. GRAMiNEJD. {Bamlusem, Gamble.) [Gigantochha- 



6. C heteroBtachya, Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. (1868) 125; 



subecandent, leaves linear-lanceolate base rounded shortly petioled tip 

 setaceous twisted scabrous sparsely hairy on the midrib beneath, spikelett 

 dimorphic sterile H i^'> Ag- 1-1 i in, oblong compressed, empty gls. J"^ 

 ovate glabrous, fle. gls. 4r-5 with 1-2 imperfect convolute, palea abort 

 obtuse 4-8-nerved keels ciliate. Xtirz Ind. Foreder, i. 345 ; Gamble Bomb. 

 Brit. Ind. 66, t. 57. Bambusa hetirostachya, Munro in Herh. Tnn. tolL 

 Dublin, Jide Mtinro]. c, 126. 



Malay Peninsula ; near Ayer Punas, about houses, Griffith. 



Stemg 30 ft., graceful, thin- walled. Leaves 4-11 by ^-1 in., midrib narrojr 

 shining, nerves 6-8; sheath striate, auricle and callus rounded glabrous ; Iigi ^ 

 long, tootbed, sometimes long.ciliate. Panicle large, leafy, branches spicitorm, 

 heads of spikelets ^-i in. apart, in the axils of chaffy glabrous bracts, rachis smjwt^ 

 upper joints puberulous ; flg. spikelets sometimes solitary, empty gls. with ^^^**.*^ 

 an imperfect fl. Lodiruhs 2 (or 3?) ovate or oblong, long-fimbriate. ^^^'^ 

 nearly i in,, tip apiculate penicillate. Ovary ellipsoid, very hairy ; style often curvea, 

 hairy; stigmas 2-3, plumose. 



7. G. ligrulata, Gamble Baml, Brit Ind. 67, t 58; leaves large 

 oblong-lanceolate base wrinkled unequal narrowed into a flat petiole, tip^ac - 

 minate with reflexed margins scabrous, ligule long 2-fid, spikelets ^-4 ^^' 

 conical acuminate, gls. ciliate with brown hairs, empty gls. 2-4 ovate acu 

 inucronate many-nerved, flg. gls. longer, palea short 5-nerved keels long- 

 ciliate. 



Malay Peninsula; Perak, Wray, Pahang, Ridley. . . lb 



Leaves 12-16 by 2-3 iu., beTieath pule and smooth except the scabnd tip, rnm^^^ 

 broad yellow beneath, nerves 12-14 pairs, cross-nervules of peUvicid glands ; sliea ^ 

 smooth, shiuing, brown, striate ; callus rounded, shining, often ciliate ; hgule up ^^ 

 1 in., glabrous, lobes long-acuminate, membranous. Panicle tertnmal, ||^"^^'j^|2g 

 spiciform brunchlets bearing distant heads on leafy branches, each with 5-S ^^ 

 spikelets in the axils of long yellow glabrous bracts ^-1^ in. long, "^^^^. . ^ VJuies 

 truncate, furnished with round dark naked auricles and long fimbriate |^^ ' 

 rachis fistular, glaucous, lower joints 3 in. Lodicules 0. Anthers ^^"g'^P^^Jlje/ 

 tip hairy. Ovary long-stij)itate, depressed ovoid, shining, hairy, style sie » 

 stigma short plumose. 



8. O. latispiculata, Gamhle Bamh Brit. Ind. 67, t. 59; leaves 

 broadly lanceolate petioled base cuneate glabrous except the so 

 tips, ligule broad cleft, spikelets over 1 in., nearly glabrous, ^^P^^^^^i 

 2-3, lower foliiferons ovate-lanceolate inucronate, fl. gls. f y 

 lanceolate long-acuminate hairy within margins faintly ciliate, p 

 shorter obtuse 7-nerved keels ciliate. 



Malacca, Alwiif. , , nerres 



Stems 50 ft. Leaves 12-14 by 1-li in., pale, midrib prominent ^^^"'"^'p^^i^I,. 

 8-9 pairs obscure; sheath smooth, glabrous, keeled, callus "^**^^^V , 4 very 

 terminal, of spiciform branchlets bearing distinct heads 1-3 in. apart, ot ^;* ||^ 

 large flattened spikelets i-^ in. broad, rachis smooth striate; bracts ^^""^ j^^te, 

 Lodtcitles small, obovate, 3-5'nerved, fimbriate. Anthers narrow, tips ap 

 penicillate. Ovari/ narrowly ovoid, pubescent, style slender, stigmas 3 plumose. 



137. OZYTEKANTBSRA. Munro. 



Arborescent or scandent unarmed Bamboos, with a stont ^^^* J 

 creeping and Btoloniferoua rootstock. Stem-sheaths various. ,-^^*^^ -.onT 

 or small, sliortly petioled. Panicle large, branches with I«5"',?^^cor 

 heads of whorled or capitate spikelets. Spikelets elongate, cyiiQur 



