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we shall be quite unable to locate some of the species absolutely. In addition In 



i lie above Bpecies, several others are represented in our herbarium, which from 



lack of complete material it is impossible to determine satisfactorily at this 



time. 



(70) G1GANTOCHLOA Knrz. 



Differing from Bambusa in having the filaments united into a tube, 

 hence monad el phous. Tall arborescenl species with numerous dense fas- 

 cicles of epikelets in branched panicles. 



Bpecies about 10, British India and Malaya; one in the Philippines, 

 (1) Gigantochloa scribneriana .Merrill sp, nov. 



Frutex; ramie teretibus: foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 25-30 

 cm. longis, 3—5 latis, ad marginem el nonnumquam supra nervos mar- 

 ginales serrulato-scabris, snbtus pallidis el sparse pubescentibus; pani- 



culis ut. videtui' "i vel ■"> metralift, aphyllis; rainis Bolitariis vel fasciculatis, 

 elongatis, ad so cm. longis, glabris vel puberulis; spiculis ad ramulus 

 tlnrit'eros fasciculatis, oblongo-ovatis, acutis. 1-1.5 cm. longis, fasciculis 



1-4 cm. distantibus ; glumis sterilibus 2 vel ;>. bracteolis supremis eis 

 similibus nee non paullo brevioribus ; glumis fertilibus 4— G, plus minus 

 9 mm. longis, superioribus quam inferioribufi longioribus, apice abrupte 

 breviter acuminatis we) acutis, pubescentibus ; staminibus <i : lilamentis in 

 tube connatis; antheris linearibus, exsertis. 



Erect, apparently of large size. Branches terete. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, acuminate, somewhat narrowed below to the petiole. 25 to 

 150 cm. long, l> to .'{.5 cm. wide, the margins and sometimes the marginal 

 nerves above Berrulate-ecabrous, beneath pale and somewhat pubescent, 

 the nerves on both sides of the midrib s or !• : petiole 3 to 5 nam. long; 

 sheaths glabrous or slightly puberulous, the tnouth glabrous j ligule very 

 short, truncate. Panicles apparently 2 or :> m. long, leafless, the branches 

 solitary or fascicled, elongated, aboui 80 cm. long, glabrous or puberu- 

 lous, the hracts coriaceous, oblong or ovate-oblong, acute or acuminate, 

 glabrous. Spikelets in fascicles of three to eight, the internodes 1 to 

 1 cm. long, the bracteoles broadly triangular-ovate, acute, coriaceous, 

 5 mm. long: spikelets obbuig-ovate. acute or slightly acuminate, com- 

 pressed, 1 to 1.5 cm. long; empty glumes % or 3, similar to the upper 

 bracteoles but slightly Bhorter, broadly ovate, acute or apiculate, slightly 

 pubescent, the margins ciliate; flowering glumes l to 6, broadly ovate, 

 about !) mm. long. 1 mm. wide, coriaceous, the apex short apiculate 

 or acute, pubescent, the margins ciliate, the upper ones longer than 

 the lower and the uppermost enclosing an imperfect flower. Palea 

 slightly shorter than the glumes, the two keels ciliate. Stamens ('. ; 

 filaments united into a tube; anthers linear, evserted, 1 to S mm. long, 

 glabrous, apiculate. Ovary pilose; style elongated, pilose. 



Cuyo (14 /•'. Lamaon-Soribner) December, 1902. 



The materia] is rather imperfect, ihere being no culm sheaths with the 

 specimen, and no notes as to the size of the culms or the length of the inflores- 



