100 BURMA, ITS PEOPLE A^^B PRODUCTIOXS. 



D. STEicTus, Nces (p. 148). All over Bunna. 



Myin-wa. 



Shoot-sheaths more or less pniinose, slightly tawny, apprcssed-setosc, the mouth 

 truncate. Angles of inner palea fringed. • Bristle of outer palea nearly 2 lines long. 



D. CEiTicus, Kz. Summit of Kambala-toung in the Pegu Eange. 



Shoot-sheaths minutely appressed, silvery-setose. Auricles large, bristly-fringed, 

 one turned upwards, the other tlownwards. 



D. MEJ1DE.S.NACEUS, Munro (p. 149). Tree forests of Martaban. 



Shoot-sheaths appressed, dark brown-setose. Auricle wavedly decurrent, stupose- 

 setose inside. Angles of inner palea ciliate. Outer palea pungent-poiuted. 



Outer paleas cucullate-nmcronate, hut tiot pungent. Spikelets green, memhranous. 



Spikelets only 2J-4 lines long. Anthers yellow. Stigmas purple. 



D. Brandish, Munro (p. 109). Eastern slopes of Pegu Range up to 3500 feet. 



Kyet-u-wa or "Wa-bo (Kurz). 



Shoot-sheaths appressed, tawTiy- setose. Auricles waved-decuiTcnt, stupose- 

 fringod inside. Ligule narrow. Angles of inner palea minutely ciliate. 



D. LOXGisPATHUs, Kz. Arakan, Pegu and iTartaban. 



Wa-ya. 



Shoot-sheaths narrow, and nearly as long as the internodes, appressed dark- 

 brown setose, only at one side of the moutli, with a small nude auricle. Ligule 

 conspicuous, bristly-flmbriate. Angles of inner palea slightly pilose. 



Spikelets rather large, 6-7 lines or more. Leaves rery large. Shoot-sheaths nut 

 known. 



D. CALOsTAcnTtrs, Kz. Bhamo and Ehakyen Hills at 3.500 feet. 



Ifouth of leaf-sheaths not produced in an auricle. The ligule conspicuous, entire, 

 or fimbriate. Angles of inner palea white-fringed. Ajithers yellow. Stigmas purple. 



D. (Bambusa) Geiffithiajnts, Munro (p. 99). Mo-goung, Upper Burma. 



Mouth of Icaf-shcaths with large lunate, strong fimbriate auricles. Ligule large, 

 usually ruptured. Angles of inner palea smooth. Lodicules long, fimbriate. 



D. GiGANiEUS, Munr. (p. 150). 



Wa-b5. 



CErnALOsiAcnrcM, Munro. 



Style long, stiff, and persistent. Caryopsis somewhat compressed. Inner palea 

 deplanate, or complicate on the back, or towards the apex bicarinate. Lodicules 3. 

 Ovary and the long style indurated, flask-shaped, and long-beaked. Stigmas 3, rarely 

 2, short, pilose. Caryopsis crustaceous or coriaceous, long-beaked. 



Spikelets very densely flowered, the rachilla very short or reduced, 12-14 lines long 

 in dense terminal heads. 



C. PALLIDUM, Munr. (p. 139). Patkaye Eange (Ava) at 5000 feet. 



Spikelets glabrous. 



Spikelets ^ inch long, white-pilose, rarely pulescent ; in dense clusters, forming 

 interrupted spikes or panicles. 



Stigmas white. 



C. PERGKACiLE, Muur. (p. 141). Pcgu and Tenasscrim. 



Hti-wa. 



Shoot-sheaths very short, black, from dense appressed bristles. Auricles large, 

 stupose-fringed. Anthers pui-ple. 



