376 ENITMEEATION OF \_Grraminece, 



longiores. StT/lus elongatulus, infra medium incrassatus. Stigmata 3, plumosa, stylo 

 multo Lreviora. 



66. DENDROCALAMUS, N. ab Es. 



1. D. monadelpbus, Thw. ; /o?n>lanceolatis, acumlnatis, parum obli- 

 quis ; palea inferiore apicc Bubulato-acuta, quam superior parum lon- 

 giore ; staminibus 6, filamentis in tubum coalitis ; antJieris lineanbus, 

 angustis, subulato-apiculatis, apiculo piloso. — c.p. 3359. ^ 



Hab. Common in the Central Province, at an elevation of 4000 to 



6000 feet. 



Culmi inermes, terctcs, fistulosi, 10-12-pedales, circiter 1 poll, in diara., ramosi, 

 vaf/inis fugaci-albido-pilosis apice longe caduco-ciliatis. Folia 2-12 poll- longa, ^ 

 \\ poU. lata, plarinervia, interstitiis arctissime longitudinaliter vcnulosis, Spicul^ 

 acut£e, 4-6 lin. longee, sfcpius 3-florse, densfssime glomeratce. Palea superior, ci- 

 liata. 



Gen. nov. 67. OCHLANDRA, TLw. 



Flores bipaleacei. Squamulm 6-9 (vel forsan plura) lanceolata, 1-3- 

 nervia. Stamina numerosa (7-30). ^ Filament a libera, inter se a^qualia. 

 Antherce lineares, utrinque brevissime bifid^e, apice mucronulatfe. 

 Stylus simplex, longiusculus, robustus^ subprismaticus. Stigmata 4-5, 

 brevissima, plumosa. Caryopsis majuscula, ovoidea, stvlo persistente 

 indurate acuminata, paleis squamisque spicula) tecta. — Frutex, cmmis 

 snberectiSf confertis ; foliis majuscidis ; inflorescentia terminah, laxe 



minali. 



i-ji 



1. O. stridula, Thw. — Bamhusa stridula, Moon's Cat. p. 26. — C.P, 



241 (429?). 



Hab. Common in tbe warm, moister parts of the island, and very- 

 abundant in the Saffragam District. Norn. vulg. " Batta-gass." 



The leaves make an excellent thatch. 



68. TBITICUM, Linn. 



1. T. repens, Linn. ; Kth. Enum. i. p. 440, cum syn.— c.P. 924 

 Hab. North of the island, Gardner. 



