Oxytemnthera.'] clxxiii. graminb^. (Bambusece, Gamble.) 401 



conical, 1-3-fld., terminal fl. usually fertile; empty gh. 1-3; fl. gls. 

 elongate, mucronate. Palea of lower fls. 2-keeled, of uppermost convolute 

 keel or obscure. Lodicules 0. Stamens as in Gigarptochloa, Ovary ovoid, 

 style slender, stigmas 1-3 more or less plumose. Grain elongate, beaked, 

 amooth.— Species the following and a tropical African. 



^ffew spilcelets. (Burmese and Malay species.) 



1. O. nigrociliata, Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. (1868)228; 

 auncles of stem-sheaths naked, spikelets 1 in., gls. fringed with black or 

 ^1 9 V ^^ r"any-nerved, empty gls. 2-3 ovate acute and mucronate, flg. 

 g 8. ^-3 and a terminal imperfect lanceolate acuminate long macronate, 

 palea narrow 2-3-nerved between the ciliate keels, anther tips elona^ate 

 Slender hirsute. Beddome FL Sylvat,, Forest. Man, p. ccxxxiii.; Gamble 

 ^mb Bnt.Ind 69, t. 60. Baiiibusa nigrociliata, Biise in PlJungh. i. 

 jsy; Miquel Fl Ind. Bat. iii. 416. B. Bitung, Hassk. PI Jav. Par, 42. 

 J- gracilis, Wall. Gat. n. 5033. Gigantochloa nigro-ciliata, Kurz Ind. 

 forest. K 345. G. andamanica. Kurz For. FL Burma, ii. 566. 



IdT^^^^o*' Chittagong, Burma, the Malay Peninsula, aud the Andaman 

 I]' ^j^ABRow Hills.— DisTRiB. Sumatra, Java, 

 orem 30-40 ft. by ^-2 in. diam., sometimes striped with yellow, internodes 



of 3-fi ^^^' '=oinp''essed ; rachia of branches pubescent. Spikelets in distant whorls 

 do»Jn' '^"*^«" i-J in., narrow, purple. Ovari/ pubescent. Grain linear-oblong, 

 ^"J g'^ooved, beak penicillate. 



8' 



Munro in Trans. TAnn. Soc. xxvi 



yellow chaffy 



Wta V '^^ ^^•> ^"®^ curved mixed with yellow cnany waii-e-ciimi-c 

 ovat/ 1 ^^^ ^ f«^ sterile together, gls. white-oiliate, empty gls. 1-2 

 TolnL o^o ,' flg- gls. elliptic acute or faintly notched many-nerved cm- 

 tipj ^""^ "^"'est male, upper 1 or 2 bisexual, anthers with long hii^ute 

 hr m^^''^ Bamb. Brit. Ind. 70, t. 61. Gigantochloa albo-ciliata, Kurz 



^wma, ii. 655. 



"^hZ . *'t- kv i-1 in. diam., densely tufted, greyish-green, curved, nodes 

 Sin. wl'f"'^'^^ 6-15 in., hispid above, walls \-i in. thick. Stem.sheatf,si-8 by 

 '" » Zu? '^''K'^^e, then glabrous, base coria<.eous folded, mouth narrow ending 

 little 11^ axncled naked band: blade lanceolate, base ronnded and decurrent; 

 W roVnV".-' ,*"°^^'-d. Leaves 6-8 bv f-1 in., linear-lanceolate, tip setaoeous, 

 ''k« uervn ' '''^'•^ly petioled, glabrous on both surfaces, nerves 6-8, pellucid glands 

 ^^-^icjur' '^^"^^' ^™«oth, striate, truncate, callus sinooth ; l'g"lc father long 

 'Pi^tleU n' 'P'"'^''^''ng; branches smooth, slender, with distant whorls of 10-20 

 • ""O'-y acuminate, pubescent. Grain oblong, acuminate. 



P^W?,;.^**^**** G<^rnble Bamb. Brit. Ind. 71. t. 62; leaves large softly 

 *«ftilen,L*?^**^' panicle- branches softly tomentose, spikelets sterile and 

 ''^"MiS' ^-^ i°- in small heads conical puberulous gls. ciliate 

 Vrmor*^' *'°>Pty gls. 2-3 ovate mucronate, fl- gl^.^ 2-3 longer fertile 

 '^Uarrow o »J''^''^«. lo^er palea 2-3-nerved between the cihate keels, tip 

 »0l. vii ^^^^""^ slender hairy. , 



