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3. Dendrocalamus parviflorus Hack. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 168. 
MINDANAO, Lake Lanao, Camp Keithley, Mrs, Clemens, March, 1907. Lryre, 
Palo, Elmer 7283, January, 1906. CrBu, Cogon, Barrow, June, 1904. 
This seems to be a good species. The Leyte plant has apparently been described 
as Gigantochloa Merrilliana Elmer, but I find no difference between it and the 
specimens of Dendrocalamus parviflorus Hack. Barrow gives the vernacular name 
cauayan. 
5. CEPHALOSTACHYUM Munro. 
1, Cephalostachyum mindorense Gamble sp. nov. 
Culmus fruticosus, subscandens, fistulosus, ad 3 cm diametro; inter- 
nodia longa, nitida, teretia; nodi incrassati. Folia membranacea, supra 
glabra, infra glabra vel minute pubescentia, lanceolata vel lineari-lanceo- 
lata, apice longe acuminata, basi attenuata vel rotundata, 15 ad 25 em 
longa, 3 ad 5 cm lata; nervi utrinque 7 vel 9, haud conspicui; petiolus 
3 ad 6 mm longus; vaginae glabrae, striatae, apice uno vel utroque latere 
longiuscule cornutae, ligulis longiusculis, longe setaceo-fimbriatis. Flores 
in culmis foliiferis, in paniculis longis axillaribus vel terminalibus, 
capitula densiflora ad nodos ramulorum alternatim ferentibus, rachis teres 
gracilis, internodiis ad 10-15 cm longis, infra nodos saepe annulatis. 
Capitulae stramineo-coloratae, 1 ad 2 cm latae, spiculis multis, bracteis 
glumiformibus aristatis multis intermixtis. Spiculae ovato-lanceolatae, 
aristatae, 1 cm longae, flore unico fertili, 2 imperfectis superne additis; 
glumae steriles 2, I 5 mm longa, angusta, dorso hispida, apice aristata, 
It ¥ mm longa, late ovato-lanceolata, longe aristata, 9-nervata, marginibus: 
et dorso pilis setaceis longis ciliatae; gluma IIT fertilis, vacuis similis 
‘sed nervis pluribus, 7 ad 8 mm longa; palea ovato-lanceolata, prominenter 
bicarinata et bimucronata, carinis longe ciliatis, glumae ITI aequilonga; 
flores imperfecti oblongo-lanceolati, aristati. Stamina linearia, libera, 3 
mm longa, apice bidentata. Lodiculae 2 vel 3, minimae, longe ciliatae. 
Ovarium oblongum, stylo brevi, stigmatibus? Caryopsis ovatus, 3 mm 
longus, glaber, apice rostratus, rostro acuto, scabro, 1 mm longo; peri- 
carpium crassum, 
Luzon, Province of Camarines, For. .Bur. 10667 Curran, June, 1908, near the 
seashore. Mrnporo, For. Bur, 11421 Merritt, April, 1908, river flats, edge of 
forests; For. Bur. 6213 Merritt, January, 1907; Mount Cabiguayan, For. Bur. 
8619 Merritt, January, 1908, on the summit and on wooded slopes, altitude about 
800 m. 
I have been rather puzzled about the genus of this beautiful species, but I 
believe I am correct in considering it to be a Cephalostachyum, very similar to the 
Burmese C. pergracile Munro, and C@. flavescens Kurz. The only important dif- 
ference is that instead of a terminal slender rachilla with only a very small rudi- 
ment of glumes, this species has two terminal imperfect flowers. It required long 
search among the spikelets of the specimens available to find one in flower showing 
perfect stamens, and another in nearly ripe fruit. Merritt gives the vernacular 
name bacto. 
