892 



(72) DINOCHLOA Biise. 



Spikelcts very small, 1-floweretl, in distant small fascicles or scattered 

 along the branches of a very large panicle. Empty glumes 3 or 2, 

 obtuse. Flowering glume one, similar to tlie empty glumes. A scan- 

 dent shrub. 



Species two, IMalajan roninsula and Archipelago; one in the Philippines. 



(1) Dinochloa scandens (IJhnne) O. Kvuitze Rev. Gen. PI. (1891) 773. 

 Bamhusa scandens Bhmic ex Nees in Flora 7 (1824) 291. Nastus tjangkorreh 

 Sclmltes Syst. Veg. 7- (1830) 1358; Kunth Enum. 1 (1833) 430; Steud. Syn. 'l 

 (1855) 333. Dinochloa tjankorreh Biise in Miq. PI. Jungh. (1855) 388; Miq. 

 Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 415; F.-Vill. Nov. App. (1883) 324; Munro in Trans. 

 J.inn. Sue. 26 (1868) 153. j)l. o; Vidal Cat. PL Prov. Manila (1880) 48; Sinopsis 

 Atlas (1883) /. 'Jd. f. C; Phan. Cuming. Philip. (1885) 159; Rev. PL Vase. 

 Filip. (1880) 294; Ceron Cat. PL Herb. (1802) 18G; Pilgor in Perk. Frag. Fl. 

 Philip. (1904) 150; Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1900) Suppl. 29; Gamble 

 in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 6 (189G) 112. 



Palawan, Puerto Princesa (276 Bermejos) January, 1906; Casuarina Point 

 (621 Foxworthy) March, 1900. Balabac (447 Manguhat) March, 190G. Ba- 

 siLAN (2977, 3980, 3981 Hutchinson) February, 1900. ]\IixnoRO, Bongabong 

 River (3701, 4066 Mcrriit) March, 1906. Mindanao, Davao (1239 Vopcland) 

 April, 1904: Province of Surigao (319 Bolsier) April, 1900. 



Malaya. 



Var. angustifolia (llackel) D. ijankorreli var. angiislifuHa Hack, in herb. 



Foliis parvis, 4 ad 17 cm. longis, 0.5 ad 1.5 cm. latis. 



Philippines (637 Cuming). Luzon, Province of Bataan, Lamao (2102 

 Borden) November, 1904: Province of Laguna, Mount Maquiling (5145 Merrill) 

 March, 1900. Mindoro, Pola (2224 Merrill) May, 1903. Mindanao, District of 

 Davao, Todaya (1239 Copcland) April, 1904. Basilan (Hallicr) January, 1904. 



Distinguished from the type by its very much smaller leaves, but intermediate 

 forms occur. Munro gives leaf measurements that include this narrow-leave 1 

 form in the species, but the measurements given by Gamble do not include it. 



DOUBTFUL and EXCLUDED SPECIES OF BA1IBUSE.15. 



Beesha bheedii Kunth; Vidal Cat. PI. Prov. ]\Ianila (1880) 48; F.-N'ill. 

 Nov. App. (1883) 324. Above records for this species from the Philippi:ies 

 never verified, probably erroneous identifications=i/c'/ocan«a bambusoidcs Trin., 

 a species of British India and one not to be expected in the Pi)ilippines. 



Cephalostaciiyum capitatum Munro. Credited to the Pliilippines by F.- 

 \illar, Nov. App. (1883) 324. A species of Ihitisli India, not to l)0 expected 

 in the Philippines. 



Dendrocalamus oiganteus Munro. Credited to the Philippine-; by F.-Nillar 

 Nov. App. (1883) 324, who states that he saw cultivated specimens. Possibly 

 cultivated in the Pliilippines, but if so, rarely. The "giant bamboo" of British 

 India. 



Dkndkocalamus LATii'ORUS Munro. Credited to the I'hilippines by F.-\ illar 

 Nov. App. (1883) 324, who states that he saw cultivated specimens. .\ species 

 of Formosa, southern China, and Burma, F.-Villar's record from the i'liiiippines 

 not vciiiicd. 'llic li.u^ure given by Vidal Sinopsis Atlas (1883) i. '.Hi. f. B. was 

 not drawn from Philippine material, but was copied from the plate in ISIunro's 

 monograpli, teste Vidal 1. c. ]). 42. 



OXYTKNANTllERA sp. Ceron Cat. PL Iferl). (1892) 185. An nndetcrmined 

 species of which 1 have seen no specimens. 



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