CXLVII. GRAMINK.E, 1047 



1-3 male or neuter ; palea subacute with 2 ciliate keels. Lodicules 3, 

 ovate or subovate, hyaline, ciliate, 1-3-nerved. Anthers yellow, obtuse. 

 8tyle short. Grain l-^ in. long, oblong, beaked by the style-base, 

 grooved on one side. Fl. B. I. v. 7, p. 395 ; Grab. Cat. p. 239 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 299 ; Gamble, Bamb. Brit. Ind. (1896) p. 51 ; Trim. Fl Ceyl. 

 V. 5, p. 313 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 347; Bedd. For. Man. in Fl. 

 Sylvat. p. ecxxxi; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 442 ; 

 Prain, Beng. PL p. 1232 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 390. Bam- 

 busa Aruwh, Klein & Nees, ia Linnaea, v. 9 (1834) p. 471 ; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 299.— Veen. Kalah. 



KoNKAN : Western Ghats, Gamble. Gujarat : GanMe ; Dangs, Woodrow. — 

 DiSTRiB. Throughout India except the Himalayas ; Ceylon. 



Bamhusa vulgaris, Schrad. in Wendl. Collect, v. 2 (1810) p. 26, t. 47. 

 Unarmed ; stems 20-50 ft. high by 2-4 in. in diam., rather distant, 

 green, yellow, or sti'iped ; nodes hardly raised ; internodes 10-18 in. 

 long ; stem-sheaths 6-10 by 7-9 in., the top rounded, retuse. Leaves 

 6-10 by |-1| in., pale, linear-lanceolate, petiolate, 6-8-nerved ; leaf- 

 sheaths striate, laxly hairy ; ligule short, ciliate. Panicle large, leafy. 

 Spikelets |^-g in. long, in bracteate clusters of 3-10. Invol .-glumes 

 1-2, ovate, acute, empty ; floral glumes 6-10, larger, then 1 imperfect 

 flower above. Cultivated in Bombay, Poona, Sattara, and Kolhapur, 

 but not indigenous. Fl. B. I. v. 7, p. 391 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 299 ; Bedd. 

 For. Man. in Flor. Sylvat. p. ccxxxii ; Gamble, Bamb. Brit. Ind. (1896) 

 p. 43 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 314 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 347 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Kat. v. 13(1901) p. 442; Prain, Beng. PI. 

 p. 1232 ; Watt, Diet. Ecou. Prod. v. 1, p. 394.— Vern. Udha-bdns. 



Vae. striata. Gamble, I. c. p. 44. Rather smaller in size, has the 

 stems striped with yellow and green, while the branchlets are yellow and 

 the leaves somewhat smaller and paler. A very handsome variety well 

 deserving of a place in gardens. There is an excellent plate in the 

 Bot. Mag. (6079) which shows the variegated stem well. It is supposed 

 to be a native of China and Japan, and is probably the result of cultiva- 

 tion (Gamble). Bambusa striata (sp.), Lodd. ex Lindl. in Penny Cyclop. 

 V. 3 (1835) p. 357. 



Bambusa nana, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 25. A thickly-growing 

 evergreen csespitose shrub ; stems 6-10 ft. high, green when young, 

 afterwards yellow. It is a native of China and Japan, and is sometimes 

 gro\vn in gardens. It makes a good hedge. Fl. B. I. v. 7, p. 390 ; 

 Gamble, Bamb. Brit. Ind. (1896) p. 40 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 5, p. 315 ; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 13 (1901) p. 442 ; Prain, Beng. PI. 

 p. 1232; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 1, p. 392.— Vern. Bdrih ; Bdmbu. 



70. OXYTENANTHERA, Munro. 



Arborescent or scandent bamboos, usually of a medium or small size, 

 unarmed, often gregarious ; rootstock stout, usually creeping and stoloni- 

 ferous ; stem-sheaths various, usually rather narrow, the imperfect 

 blade also narrow. Leaves variable, shortly petiolate. Inflorescence a 

 large panicle of spicate heads of few or many spikelets. Spikelets 



