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thick foliage and also close to the stem on quite leafless lateral 

 branches." 



"Mr. Bosscha also told me, that when he arrived in Malabar in 

 1896, old natives, who were thoroughly familiar with the forests of 

 the district in which the plant occurs, were ignorant of the fact, 

 that this bamboo had ever flowered. In 1902 the flowering began, 

 and it recurred fairly regularly until 1906. Since then the species 

 has died off in most places, and is now decidedly scarce. This year 

 it has again, however, been found in flower in Taloen (a plantation 

 on the Malabar) in May 1908." 



"Now, however, young plants are beginning to appear every where, 

 obviously self-sown." 



"This phenomenon partly agrees therefore with what has been 

 observed in the case of other bamboo-species in British India, although 

 the flowering period has been especially long in this case". (Dr. 

 Valeton msc. May 12 th 1908). 



While I here refer with special appreciation to the fact that 

 Dr. Th. Valeton placed the three fruits and the above-mentioned 

 data at my disposal, I need scarcely say, that I at once complied with his 

 request, and sent the fruits, received by me on June 17 th to Mr. Gamble. 

 Although the examination of the fruits is not yet complete, and will 

 be referred to later, as soon as the supplementary diagnosis by 

 Mr. Gamble shall have been received, I nevertheless consider the 

 discovery, by Mr. K. A. R. Bosscha, of the fruits of this bamboo- 

 species of sufficient importance to call for attention here. It is evident 

 from Dr. Valeton's letter quoted above that the receipt by him at 

 Buitenzorg from Mr. Bosscha of the fruits of Oreiostachys Gamble 

 with the flowers (the fruits having remained unknown in the literature 

 until now) was prior to Mr. Gamble's discovery of the type of a 

 new genus in the flowers collected by Dr. Pulle. 



It may further be mentioned, that the fruits discovered by Mr. 

 Bosscha, and the flowers collected by Dr. Pulle on the Wajang- 

 Windoe in 1906, are from the same district, namely the locality 

 mentioned on p. 686 of' these Proceedings. 



In an enclosure to his letter to me of May 12 th Dr. Valeton gives 

 certain specific names, which he regards as synonyms (Bambusa 

 elegantissima Hassk., etc.) and also the other literature references 

 relating to this subject. Since these names, and the literature references, 

 with the exception of "Munro" (see above, §§ 1), have already been 

 published by Mr. Gamble and myself in the Proceedings of April 24 th , 

 it seems to me unnecessary to repeat them. 



Although 1 have not had at my disposal the terminally flowering 



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