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marobal (Bik.) ; patong (Tagb.) ; patung (Sul.) ; sinambang (C. Bis.) ; 

 taiuanak (Tag.); taring (Tagb.); teuanak (Tag.); tiling (P. Bis.). 



Var. STRIATA (Lodd.) Gamble in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 7 (1896) 44, 

 Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 269; Merr. Fl. Manila (1912) 

 105. 

 Bamhusa striata Lodd. ex Penny Cyclop. 3 (1835) 357. 

 Occasionally cultivated for ornamental purposes; probably originating 

 in China. 



EXCLUDED SPECIES 



Bambusa tuldoides Munro; F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 323. 



76. GUADUA Kunth 

 GUADUA PHILIPPINENSIS Gamble in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) Bot. 

 203. 

 Mindanao (Davao), Piper U75. Probably from thickets or secondary 

 forests; collected at Mati. Endemic. The genus is otherwise American. 



77. GIGANTOCHLOA Kurz 

 GIGANTOCHLOA LEVIS (Blanco) Merr. in Am. Journ. Bot. 3 (1916) 61, 

 Sp. Blancoanae (1918) 76. 

 Bambusa levis Blanco Fl. Filip. (1837) 272, ed. 2 (1845) 189, ed. 3, 

 1 (1877) 337; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 421; Munro in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. 26 (1868) 121; Merr. in Govt. Lab. Publ. (Philip.) 27 

 (1905) 93, Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 388; Camus Bamb. 

 (1913) 134. 

 Gigantochloa scribneriana Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 

 390; Gamble in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 270, 8 (1913) 

 Bot. 204; Camus Bamb. (1913) 143. 

 Dendrocalamus flagellifer F.-Vill. Novis. App. (1882) 324, non Munro. 

 Gigantochloa robusta Gamble in Philip. Journ. Sci. 8 (1913) Bot. 



204, non ? Kurz. 

 Gigantochloa atter C. B. Rob. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 6 (1911) Bot. 



194, non Kurz. 

 Dendrocalamus curranii Gamble in Philip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 

 271; C. B. Rob. op. cit. 6 (1911) Bot. 194; Camus Bamb. (1913) 

 158. 

 Dendrocalamus latiflorus Gamble in fhilip. Journ. Sci. 5 (1910) Bot. 

 291, non Munro. 

 Luzon (Bulacan, Bataan, Rizal, Laguna, Tayabas), Culion, Polillo, 

 Leyte, Camiguin de Misamis, Loher 7208, Scribner H, Merrill Phil. PI. 

 586, 590, Sp. Blancoanae 310, B. S. lOUJf, 10U7 McGregor, 6313, 11838 

 Robinson, U696 Ramos, F. B. 22771 De Mesa & Rosario, 10177 Curran, 

 25405 Labitig, 25^18 Duldulao. Usually if not always planted, and proba- 

 bly an introduced species in the Philippines. To be compared critically with 

 the Malayan species. 



Local na^mes: Boko (P. Bis.) ; bolo (P. Bis.) ; bonsina (Tag.) ; botong 

 (P. Bis.) ; buhong-china (Tag.) ; bulung-sina (Tag.) ; buton (C. Bis.) ; 

 kabolian (Bik.) ; kauayan-china (Tag.) ; kauayan-puti (Tag.) ; kauayan- 

 sina (Tag.); kayali (C. Bis.); patong (Bik., Bis., SuL). 



