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posticum ovato-oblongum, subobtusum vel sncslsia 2 cm. 
longum, sepala lateralia patentia, obliqua, semiovata, subobtusa vel 
apiculata, 2 cm. longa. Petala profunde bipartita ; lobus posticus 
linearis, faleatus, 2 cm. longus ; lobus anticus linearis, arcuatus vel 
incurvus, circiter 6 cm. ongus, crassiusculus. abellum profunde 
tripartitum ; lobi filiformes, apice incurvi; lobi laterales 2°5 cm. 
longi ; lobus intermedius 3 cm. longus ; calear 12-14 cm. longum, 
basi filiforme, apice crassiusculum. Anthera oblonga, 8 mm. longa. 
Stigmata 2 cm, longa, apice subito dilatata et subcompressa ; rostelli 
lobi ‘shah lineares, 2 cm. longi 
RopicaL Arrica. Uganda: Budongo Forest; in open grass 
land, Dawe, 1026. 
A fine species, of which the radical leaves and the upper part of 
ze scape only were sent. 
XIII—THE ARUNDINARIAS OF THE HILLS OF SIKKIM. 
J. S. GAMBLE. 7 
In the ‘ Flora of British India,’ vol. vii, the following species of 
the genus Arundinaria are mentioned as being found in the hills of 
Sikkim and British Bhutan, included politically in the British 
District of Darjeeling and the native State of Sikkim. 
No. 5. A. polystachya, Kurz, a soft-stemmed rather large-leaved 
species, collected by Kurz nant IT’. Anderson and apparently scarce. 
No. 8. A. racemosa, Munro, the most common species, rarely 
found in flower, except at bight elevations and then more or less 
stunte 
No. 9. A. Griffithiana, Munro, a species with thoy nodes, which 
has apparently only once been collected, viz.: by R. Pantling at 
anaes 10,000 ft. (1895) on the Bhuta 
No. A. Pantlingi, Gamble, a eae species which ma 
i we ie be thorny at the nodes, st collected by R. Pantling 
at Rechi La, 11,000 ft. on the Bhutan border, and by Mr. G. i 
oe s collector near J ongti in Sikkim 
. 14. A. intermedia, Munro, a sm mall species with long-ciliate 
leaf shenth and no cross-bars to the leaves, found at comparatively 
low levels in the outer hills. 
No. 15. A. Hookeriana, Munro, a handsome rather large species 
with glaucous green or bluis culms also found in the outer hills at 
comparatively low levels. 
o. 17. A. aristata, Gamble, a pretty species of the section 
Ra 
the sate around Senchul and in various parts of Si above 
7000 ft. It is sane by the absence of ase i eebanatio 
veinlets to the leaves sand by the sheathing bracts of the inflorescence. 
No. 26. A. suberecta, Munro, a species which has not yet been 
fou ad in flower. It has very narrow leaves and was only once 
collected in Sikkim, viz., by W. A. Kennedy in 1891, 
