264 PHILIPPINE BAMBOOS 
This is an erect bamboo about 10 meters in height and up 
to 5 centimeters in diameter. A gregarious species abundant 
in Palawan and Culion on dry open slopes. Reported from 
Nueva Vizcaya, Leyte, Butuan, and Palawan. A flowering spec- 
imen is shown in Plate XXI. 
SCHIZOSTACHYUM DIFFUSUM (Blanco) Merr. BIKAL. 
Local names: Bikal (Tagalog, Iloko, Pampanga, Pangasinan, Caga- 
yan); usiu (Tagalog); balidro, balikdu, bongbong, lo-ob (Bisaya) ; hindi, 
indi, inri (Bikol) ; butor (Isinai) ; babui (Bikol). 
Bikal is widely distributed in the forests of the Philippines 
and is endemic. It is characterized not only by its habit, but 
also by its very thick walls. Sometimes the lumen is almost 
entirely wanting, especially in the lower parts of the stem. 
The plant is well known to all Filipino woodsmen as a source 
of drinking water, as water of good quality can be secured 
from the internodes. In some parts of the Philippines this 
bamboo is extensively used in making baskets, while it is now 
beginning to attract attention for the purpose of making chairs, 
for which it is adapted on account of its thick stout walls. 
A flowering specimen is shown in Plate XXIV. The very closely 
allied Schizostachyum dielsianum, bikal-babui, (Plate XXII) has 
the same names, distribution, and uses as S. diffusum, and is 
distinguished only by minor characters. 
SCHIZOSTACHYUM LIMA (Blanco) Merr. ANOS. 
Local name: Anos (Tagalog). 
This endemic, erect, thin-walled bamboo is distinguished among 
all the Philippine forms by its long internodes, which are usually 
about one meter in length. It is sometimes called bol6 and 
bagakai by confusion with Schizostachyum lumampao. It is 
used by the Filipinos for making blow guns, while the cortex is 
hard and rough and can be used for polishing brass. It is 
also used for the various purposes for which all thin-walled 
bamboos are utilized, and after boiling, even for weaving fans, 
cushions, and hats; broad splints prepared from it are used in 
making the broad shallow baskets used for winnowing rice. 
Widely distributed in the Philippines. A flowering specimen 
is shown in Plate X XVII. 
SCHIZOSTACHYUM LUMAMPAO (Blanco) Merr. BUHOo or CANA-BOJO. 
Local names: Cafa-bojo (Spanish-Filipino) ; 6d6lo, buho, lumampdau, 
bokdui, kaudyan-songséng (Tagalog); bagdkan, bagdkai (Bisaya); bilu, 
bolo (Bisaya, Iloko); ords (Bikol). 
This species is endemic and widely scattered in the Philippines. 
It is a thin-walled, erect, gregarious bamboo usually reaching 
