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C. FLAVE^CENS, KurZ. Pt'gU. 



Shoot-sheaths appressod, ■n'liite-setosc. Auricles large, long- fringed, one bent 

 downwards, the other upwards. Anthers pale yellow. 



C. (Meloc.vxxa) vikoatuji, Munr. (p. 133). llo-goung. 



Spikelcts pilose, glabresccnt. Anthers j-cllow. Stigmas purple. 



Spikelets glalrous, laxli/, and sometimes almost remotely flowired, the rachilhe 

 more or less elongate. Auricles more or less elongate, long, white-fringed. 



C. scmzosTACHYoiDEs, Kz. Tfoo forests of South Andaman. 



Spikelets cylindrical, A inch long. Inner palca smooth. Anthers pui-ple. 

 Stigmas white. 



C. (TKixosTACHYrJi) GiuFFiiuii, Munr. (p. H3). C'hittagong and ■\Vull;il)oou 



forests (Upper liurma). 

 Spikelets almost pcdicelled, 2-3 lines long, almost remotely 7-3-flowered. Inner 

 palea on the keels at apex, whitish-ciliate. Anthers yellow. 



Caryopsis the size of a wood apple, irregular, globular. 



PsEUBOSTACHTUM, Munro. 



Inner palea deplanatc, and boat-shaped. Cari/opsis very largo, globular, the 

 pericarp tliin and coriaceous. Seed large, mealy-fleshy. 



Large semi scandent tufted bamboos, which die off after flowering. 



C. coMPACTiFLORfM, Kz. Hills East of Toung-ngoo at above 4000 feet. 



Culms very strong, shoot-sheaths quite smooth. Auricles lunate, rcflexed, stifF- 

 fringed. Ligule very nan'ow, entire. Spikelets 2-2i lines long, clustered. Caryopsis 

 irregular, globose. The size uf a wood-apple {Feronia). Anthers yellow. Stigmas 

 white. 



P. (Bambusa) Helfeki, ilunr. (p. 114). The Pegu Range and Martaban 



up' to 3000 feet. 



Culms very hollow, and weak. Shoot-sheaths minutely white-seto.se. Auricles 

 very small, long-fringed. Ligule conspicuous, 2-4 lines long, fringed. 



Inner palea concave or convolute. Caryopsis very large, fhic/c-flcshy, acuminate-leaked. 



JIelocanna, Trinius. 



Inner palea convolute. Stamens 6. Bamboos with very large fruits and uni- 

 lateral spikelets in panicles.' 



M. ncMii.is, Kurz. Arakan and Pegu. 



Low bamboos, 8-20 feet high. Leaves rougbisb, pubescent beneath. 



M. (Bambusa) baccifera, Ro.\b. (p. 132). Chittagong Hills and Tenasserim. 



M. bambuscoides, Trin. 



An arboreal bamboo .50 to 70 feet high. Leaves quite glabrous. Caiyopsis ovate, 

 the size of a guava or small pear. Tiiis is, I think, the Bamboo 1 found coveiing largo 

 areas in the Arakan Range. When I obser\ed it, the fruit was formed, and pretty 

 closely resembled a green guava, and internally was rather liarder than a potato. This 

 bamboo was reported by the natives to flower eveiy 30 years. I again crossed this bamboo 

 tract with some; difliculty as it was on fire, and it was ticklish sort of work threa<ling 

 the lanes of crackling bamboos, as in places the heat and smoke were terrific ; indeed 

 I only got through with a few personal servants, my coolies, being more heavily laden, 

 ■were cut off and separated from me till the next day, by what, ere they arrived at the 



' Kurz remarks: " Mehcaima a Sc/iiznslae/ii/o differt caryopsiclis cpicarpio cras.se caruosu ct 

 perigyuii absentia."— J. A.S.B. II. 1873, p. 252. 



