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276 7 GAMBLE. 
6. Schizostachyum mucronatum Hack. in Philip. Journ. Sei. 3 (1908) Bot. 
169. 
Luzon, Province of Ilocos Sur, Dolores, For. Bur. 5659 Klemme, October, 1906: 
Province of Pangasinan, Mor. Bur. 8275 Curran & Merritt, December, 1907: Prov- 
ince of Camarines, For. Bur. 10414 Curran, May, 1908: Province of Bataan, For. 
Bur. 38615 Maule, January, 1906. Minpanao, District of Davao, Todaya, Elmer 
10838. 
Klemme says that this bamboo is called bolo and grows in open forests on 
steep rocky slopes, being “too common ;” Curran gives the name boho or caiia boho ; 
Maule gives the name as bojo, and his specimen has been identified with Bambusa 
lumampao Blanco, which may prove to be correct, at any rate there seems to be 
nothing special in Blanco’s description to prevent it. But the description might 
fit several other species just as well and the only definite thing about it is that 
B. lumampao is the bamboo from which sticks are made and commonly sold in 
Manila. Only local investigation can properly utilize this information. 
7. Schizostachyum Toppingii Gamble sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus vel scandens; culmi parce fistulosi, teretes, nitidi; 
internodiis brevibus; ramuli duri, nitidi, foliiferi et floriferi eodem 
culmo, nodis incrassati. Folia subcoriacea, glabra, praecipue ad ex- 
tremitates ramulorum aggregata, vaginis multis veteribus suffulta, lineari- 
lanceolata, apice longe setaceo-acuminata, basi rotundata vel cordata, 
interdum attenuata; marginibus scabra et saepe cartilaginea, 12 ad 30 
em longa, 1.5 ad 3 cm lata; nervi utrinque circiter 6; petioli breves, 
1 ad 2 cm longi, crassi; vaginae durae, striatae, ore truncatae et ciliis 
paucis ornatae, ligulis brevissimis. Flores in spicis longissimis glomer- 
ulorum paniculatim ramulosis; glomeruli alternati, saepissime subglobosi, 
1 ad 1.5 cm diametro, interdum dense aggregati praecipue versus apices 
ramulorum; rachis teres, uno latere sulcatus, infra nodos puberulus. 
Spiculae glabrae, in glomerulis densissime aggregatae, fertiles longiores, 
imperfectis multis admixtis, 5 ad 8 mm longae, vix acutae; glumae steriles 
-2 vel 3, ovatae, I 2 mm, II 3 mm, III 4 mm, omnes 7- ad 9-nerves, 
minute mucronatae; fertiles 5 mm longae, 9-nerves, mucronatae; palea 
4 ad 5 mm longa, 5-nervis, paullo convoluta, hyalina ; lodiculae 2, minutae, 
ovatae, longe fimbriatae. Stamina 6, libera, linearia, filamentis incras- 
satis, antheris 4 mm longis, apiculo parce hirsuto, acuminato. Ovarium 
ovatum, in stylum longum puberulum attenuatum, stigmatibus 3 plumosis. 
Caryopsis globosus, glaber, siccitate niger, 6 mm diametro, glumis per- 
sistentibus suffultus, apice paullo depressus et mucronatus; pericarpium 
tenue, facile solutum; semen pericarpio conforme; embryone ad basim 
in scutello eximie sericeo-hirsuto incluso, radicula libera. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Montalban, Bur. Sci. 5222 Topping, July, 1908: Prov- 
ince of Nueva Vizcaya, Quiangan, Merrill 126, June, 1902. Mrnporo, summit of 
Mount Calavite, For. Bur. 9500 Merritt, February, 1908, altitude 1,200 to 1,400 m. 
I also identify with this, probably, Loher 1661 (Herb. Kew.), from the Tangso 
River, Luzon, May, 1890, but the flowers are very imperfect. 
This species comes near to S. Dielsianum and 8S. acutiflorum, but has the 
spikelets much less acute, the leaves thicker and crowded at the ends of the 
