412 OLXXiii. GBAMiNEiE. {Bamhusece^ Gamble.) [Cephalostachyum, 



a panicle of bracteate heads, 1-fld., elongate, rachilla produced beyond 

 the fl. ; empty gls. 2-3, broad, chaffy, many-nerved, usually long-awned; 

 flg. gls. more membranous, convolute, awns shorter; palea thin, many- 

 nerved, keels 2 approximate. Lodicules 3, 3-5-nerved. Stamens 6, free, 

 anthers long. Ovary stipitate, ovoid, narrowed into a long thickened 

 style, stigmas 2-3, plumose. Orain oblong, beaked, pericarp separable.— 

 Species all Indian. 



Spikelets in a solitary head, 



I. C. capitatum, Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc, xxvi. (1868) 139; 

 leaves 4:-8 by 1-2 in. ovate-lanceolate base unequally rounded, head l-ls 



in. diam., bracts broad long-awned glabrous, spikelets |— | in. terminating 

 short spikes, palea obtusely mucronate tip entire, anthers obtuse. QamoU 

 Bamb, Brit. Ind. 104, t. 91. Bambusa capitata. Wall. Cat n. 8913. 



SiKKiM and Bhotan Himalaya, alt. 2-8000 ft., Khasia, Jaintea, and Naga 

 Hills. 



Stems 12-30 ft, by 1-1^ in., semi-scandent ; nodes not prominent, internodes 

 often 3 ft. or more, walls thin. Stem-sheaths of young stems papery, 6-12 by 2-3 in., 

 strigosewith pale brown hairs, mouth triangular, of tbe longer upper truncate, of the 

 shorter lower retuse; blade long, liairy within, base rounded, decurrent into roundeil 

 sometimes fringed auricles; ligule narrow. Leaves pale green, whitish benerttn, 

 glabrous on both surfaces, midrib prominent, nerves 4-10 pairs, pellucid dots 

 oblique; sheaths smooth, shining, auricle short with curved cilia. Empty ^J^- 

 softly hairy below ; lower 1-3 flg. gls. sterile ; palea hairy between the keels, racliuia 

 produced. Lodicules ovate-lanceolate, 3-5-nerved, shortly ciliate. ilntAer* long* 

 tips emarginate. Ovary ovoid, style often twisted, stigmas 2 hairy, ^rfltn 

 depressed-ovoid, beaked, shining, pericarp crustaceous. . . . 



Var. decompositum. Gamble 1. c. 105 ; spikelets in spicate almost panicumc 

 clusters, many fertile.— Sikkim and Khasia Hills. 



2. C. pallidum, Mu7iro in Trans. Linn, Soc. xxvi. (1^68) 139 ; 



leaves 1-5 by ^1 in. base nnequally rounded, heads about 1 in., d^^ 

 broad rounded, spikelets |-f in., palea 2-fid, anthers long-apiculate. ^^^ 

 For. Fl. Burma, ii. 563; Gamble Bamb. Brit Ind. 105, t. 92. Bambusa 

 andropogonifolia, Griffith Itin. Notes, 124, No. 417. 



Khasia, Mishmi, Patkoy and Mpnnipore Hills, ascending to 5000 t., 



Shrubby or subarboreous , branches whorled. Leaves pale green, tip ^^^\^J^^ 

 glabrous or puberulous beneath, not tessellate, midrib pale, nerves 4-6 pairs ; s 

 striate, margins ciliate, auricle rounded with a few deciduous cilia ; ^^""'^ \yifh 

 Head in the axil of a leaf, of many- long-awned empty gls. or sterile fl. gls- o ^^^^ 

 a few exserted fertile spikelets, all bracteate at the base ; empty gls. concave, a ^^j 

 many-nerved; flg. gls. similar, awn shorter than the gl. ; p^ilea many-nerveu, ^^^ 

 and base hairy, rachilla shortly produced. Lodicules pubescent and ciliate. ^ 

 ovoid-lanceolate, style long conical, stigmas 2 hairy. Grain globosely oroiu. 

 conical and beaked, wrinkled. 



3. C. latifolium, Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. (1868) '^'^''J^f. 

 sheaths linear, oblong top narrow, leaves 10-16 by 1-4 in. ovate or o 

 lanceolate base unequal cuneate or rounded, sheaths not fringed, n 

 I5-2 in. diam. of clustered sterile and l-fld., fertile spikelets H ^^'xo- 

 with broad awned bracteoles, tip of palea entire, anthers obtusely mu 

 nate. Gamble Bamb. Brit Ind. 106, t. 93. 



Bhotan and Munnipoee Hil^s, alt. 5-7000 ft.. Griffith, &c. _ the 



bhrubby semi-scandent. Stems thin, rough, dark green, whitish nei ^.^^ 

 nodes which are conspicuously rmged. Stem-sheaths 6-9 by 2-3 in., paP«^^» 



