OchJandra.] clxxiii. gbaminb^. {Bamhusece, Gamble.) 419 



,v Var. sivaffiriana. Gamble 1. c. 122, I. 108 ; spikelets rather larger, stamens up 

 w bO, leaves generally larger.— Pulney and Sivagiri Hills, Beddome. 



■ 2. O. stridula, Thw. Enum. PI. Zeyl. 376 ; leaves 8-12 by 1^-2^ in. 

 oblong-Ianceokte, young sheath hirsute, auricles falcate fringed with 

 fnstlep, spikelets 1 in. cylindro-conical sparsely hairy, empty gls. 2-3 

 convolute mucronate ciJiate, flg. gl. larger, anther tips 2-fid and mncronate. 

 inmen Cat. Geyl. pi. HO ; Gamble Bamb. Brit. Ind. 123, t. 109. Beesha 

 atndala if«7iro in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. (1868) 145 ; Beddome Fl. Sylvat 

 J>west. Man. p. ccxxxiv. Bambusa stridula, Moon Gat. Ceyl. PL 26. 



Ckhon ; in the southern parts of the Island, Thwailes. 

 j, "J* ""18 ft. by ^1^ in. diam., tufted, light green, geniculate, nodes ringed; 

 modes 12-14 in., scabrous. Stem- sheaths persistent, cylindric, glabrous, young 

 P"ple, tip rounded with falcate small fringed auricles; blade subulate. Leaves 

 lo!l9 ^°.'°'^"'''^'^ rough beneath, base rounded, petiole broad, midrib slender, nerves 

 fewf f-T*^' *®^^'^l''^'^e by pellucid glands. Spikelets in a terminal panicle, whorled, 

 p fertile, rachis of spike long, rough, glaucous. Lodicules 6-12 or more, lanceolate, 



- many-nerved, convolute. Stamens up to 30, filaments free, flat. Ovary narrow, 

 "eaK trigonous ; stigmas 4-5, plumose, at first twisted. Fruit 1 in., ovoid, beak 1 in. 

 u . "• ^aculata, Gamble I.e. 124; stem greyish-green mottled with dark purplish 



cfieg. Teinostachyum ? maculatum. Trim, in Journ. Bot. xxiii. (1885) 273, 

 ^«f- Ceyl. PI 110._Ceylon, Ferguson. 



t f, J-.^eddomeJ, Gamble Pamh. Brit. Ind. 124, t. 110; leaves 6-8 



lutl}. ^'?- oblong-lanceolate margins revolute, auricles decurrent fringed 



«n bristles, spikelets l-U, in. hirsute, empty gls. 2 ovate long-mucronate 



any-nerved, flg. gi. li'in. ovate-lanceolate mucronate many-nerved 



S'aDrous, anther tips 2-fid and mucronate. 



".QHiEi Hills ; in the Wynaad district, Beddome. 

 slenX ^** long-acuminate, base unequally rounded, subglaucous beneath, midrib 

 PuniW °l"^^ "^°"*^ ^ P^^^s J sheaths puberulous, miirgins ciliate, callus narrow. 

 SMteU *f * ^P'^''*e, terminating a leafy branchlet ; rachis stiff, puberulous. 

 •Pteddin together, cylindric-conical, 2-3-bracteate, hairs tuberous-based, brown, 



3-7 MP i ^*'^* ^ '"•' membranous, acute or obtuse. Lodicules 5, all different, 

 thesfvi ••^""'■^ °^ 2.fid. Stamens about 32. Ovary subglobose, beak embracing 



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Stamens many, ligule short, filaments coherent. 



W»?'-.o'?^*'*<50rica, Benth. ex Gamble Bamb. Brit. Ind. 125, t. Ill ; 

 spiklr o ^J 2-ii in. broadly oblong-lanceolate, auricles short fa cate 

 lo J 7 2-2i in. ovoid or ovoid-oblong, glabrous, empty gls. usually 3, 

 "PPer P^^'i^^*® tip subulate upper 2 in. long-acuminate, flg. gl- I^ke the 

 B^J «fipty, anther-tips penicillate. Gamble Bamb. Brit, Ind, 125, t. 111. 

 "a travancorica, Beddome Fl. Sylvat. t. cccxxiv. Forest. Man. p. ccxxxiv. 



'"'lesYo*'^^?^^ '^"^ TiNNKVELLY, alt. 2-5000 ft., Beddome, &c. (monopolizing 

 1 countrj), 



"•"lleVlS ^'■^ga'-ioas reed-like bamboo. Stems 6-20 ft. by 1-2 in. diam., nodes 

 ^in T«ca"ed; internodes 14-5 ft., rough; walls very thin. Stem-sheaths 

 *^ncatel„ "' "^""cally wrinkled, young strigose with tuberous-based hairs, tip 

 '<=»'>«^alL T'''^«<1. fringed with bristlel; blade subulate. Leaves glabrous or 

 ^«Uate h ' T '•ounded, petiole broad, midrib thick below nerves 12-17 pairs, 

 ?8«Ie shorf f """'^ glands ; sheath glabrous, keeled, margins c.lmte, aillus shining ; 

 * the axn. ^T""*^' Spikelets a few fertile and a few much smaller sterile together 

 ■•ius ot ovfttP.lo^^ — i„i. i.u 1 *. ™^;fK anbnlate deciduous tips : sintrle 



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