cxf-vii. (1I!\mtm;,t:. lolO 



sti"iat(>, <;];il)ious or ;it lir^t pubescent ; IiluiIo 't^"J?7 deiilalc Paiiiehi 

 large, ol' spioate heads rcaeliing 1 in. in diani., witli many closely j)acked 

 spinous s]iikeIetH, the lieads supjiorleil by rounded clialTy bracts. 

 S|)ilvoU'ts j!-J in. long, narrow, glabrous, nuicroiuite, many I'ertile mixed 

 with a few sterile. Invol.-glumes 2, ovate, mucronal(>, 5-7-nevved, 

 thei\ 2 herinai)tiro(lite florets ; iloral glumes ovate, subacute, with a 

 strong macro I'roir. the back ; palea of the lower Hon-t as long as tlio 

 (loret, S-nerved between the 2 ciliate keels, obtus(% that of the upper 

 floret concav(\ convolute, obtuse. Stamens long-exscrted ; anth(M'H 

 sliort, acule. Ovary ovoid, hairy; stylo long, hairy; stigma simple, 

 phmiose. Fl. B. 1. v. 7, p. 40;{ : Jiedd. Vov. IVlan. in Flor. Sylvat. 

 ]). ccxxxiii; Gamble, Bamb. Brit. Ind. (18!)()) p. 7r), t. (!(! ; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. ed. 2, p. 348 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. l.'J (lliOl) p. 412. 

 — Flowers : Nov, Vkrn. CInvan ; Konda. 



KoNKAN : Sfor/iS. Dkccan : Pancligani (planted), h'omJrow. TCanaka : Iv'iiniphi, 

 Talbot ; foinmonly ciiltivntcd along the coast ; rave in (lie (Hint foi-i-Mls of N. k'anara, 

 TalboL — DisTiiiiJ. India (W. reninsula). 



71. DENDROCALAMUS, Ne. s. 



ArboresciMit unanued bamboos with d('ns(>ly braiicliiiig roolstocks. 

 Leaves shortly petiolafe, the transverse nervulcs represented by pellucid 

 glands. iS])ikelets in globose clusl;ers on tho long bi'anches of a com- 

 pound panicle, ovoid, 2-()-flowered. I nvol. -glumes 2-J{, empty, ovate, 

 acute, many-nerv(Hl ; floi-al glumes like tho empty ; ])alea ol" lower 

 florets keeled, of the upper dorsally rounded, eciliate. LodicuhiS rare. 

 !Stamens(); lilaments free. C)\ary hairy above, often de|)ressed ; 

 stigma usually simple. Gi'ain small ; p(!ricarp ci)riaceous or crustaceous. 

 — DiSTiiiii. Species IG; Soul b-eastern Asia. 



]. Dendrocalamus strictus, Nces, in Liinuta, v. i) (18;54) ]>. 47(!. 

 A deciduous densely tufted bamboo with strong stems 20-50 fl. high 

 by 1-3 in. in diam., which are solid or only with a small cavity, 

 glaucous-green when young, dull green or yellowish when old; nodes 

 swx)ll(>n, the lower often rooting; internodes 12-18 in. long; iip])er 

 branehes decurved ; stem-sheaths variable, the lower 3-12 in. long, 

 covered on the back with golden-brown stilT hairs (or in dry localities 

 sometimes glabrous), striate, rounded on the top,ciliafe on tho margins, 

 very slightly aui'icled, the imperfect hiado triangidar-subulate, hairy o)i 

 both sides, es|)eciMlly so within ; ligido narrow. Jjcaves 1-2 in. long 

 in dry localities, up to 10 in. long in moist ones, ^-l^f- in. broad, 

 rounded suddenly at the base into a short ])eliole, gradually narrowecl 

 upwiirds into an acuminate twisted point, rough and often hairy above, 

 softly hairy beneath, with scabrous margins ; nerves 3 G pairs, with 

 interposed pellucid glands ; h'af-sheaths striate, hairy, callus ])rominent, 

 auricle short, ciliate with a lew wavy deciduous hairs ; ligulo narrow, 

 serrate. Inilorescenco a large branching panicle of dense globular 

 heads about 1 in. in diam., l]-2 in. apart ; rhachis rounded, smooth. 

 Spikelets usually hairy, s[)inescent, the fertile intermixed with nuiny 

 sterile smaller ones, .L_^. by j\y-_}, in., with 2-3 fertile florets. Invol.- 

 glumes 2 or more, ovate, spinescent, many-nerved; floral glumes ovate, 

 eiuling in a, sharp spine, siu-rounded by ciliMle tufts of hairs; palea 



