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" Mah-lo " bamboo. Sonic specimens, under the same native name, collected by Hooker 

 in Sikkim, ai^pear to me to be quite distinct; audi think there is considerable doubt 

 about the identity of Thomson's specimens, which arc in leaf only. 



4. B. AFFiNis, Muuro. Culmo florifcro follato ? diffuso, scandeiite, panicula; colomtce 



ramis elongatis, erectis, ad nodos paucis, spiculis corktcels, coloratis, palea inferiore 

 longe acuminata, foliis pctiolatia, fere setaceo-acuminatis, vaginis ore ejlnihrialis, 

 conspicue ligulatis. 

 Hab. in Ind. or. Bui-mali; Yoougalum (" Tliceslic " incolis), no. 18, Brandis ! v. s. 



" Culmus diffusus, scandens, diamctro vix bipollicari," ramulis foliiferis l-l|-pedalibus, semper ia spcci- 

 iniuibus visis apice floriferis. Folia lanceolata, 4-8 poll, loiiga, 10-12 lin. lata, demum refracta, 

 basi rotimdata, conspicue petiolata, apice fere setaceo-acuminata, margine brevissime serrata, utrinquc 

 glabra, subtus pallidiora, nervis secundariis utroque latere 8-10 vel iutcrdum 5 (teste Brandis). 

 Vagina striatae, glaberriniie, infra pctiolum membrana iutegra coriacea terminatte, ore non-fimbriuto:, 

 ligiilaproducta, obtusissima. Panicida in culmo foliifero terminalis, an semper ?, internodiis glaber- 

 rimis, 4-7 poll, lougis, ramulis ad internodia 2-3, stepe pedalibus et ultra, spicula.s paucas, coriaccas, 

 nitidas, subpollicares, semiverticillatas, per intervalla 2-4 poll, distantes, gerentibus. Interdum 

 spica, fere simplex, in ramulis foliiferis terminalis. Spicula coriacea, G-10-flora, nitidissima, Ijete 

 fusca, rhachillae articulis striatis, subbrevibus, apice brevissime fimbriatis. Palea inferior plus quam 

 20-nervis, basi plicata, apice longe acuminata ; superior multo angustior, inter carinas ciliatas 

 7-nervis, et extus carinas utrinque 4-nervis. Squamulce 3, fere crassae, basi nervosse et subplicatfe, 

 duse majores basi interdum coalita;. Ovarium subobovatum, apice ol)tuso subhirsutum et attenuatum 

 in stylum, cito in stigmata 3 divisum. 



This, again, approaches very closely to B. tulda ; but the scandent habit would appear 

 to keep it distinct, as well as the long petioles, and vaginae without any traces of a fringe, 

 but with a ligule of some length. The specimens are not sufficiently perfect to show 

 whether the leaf-bearing and flowering culms are ever distinct ; but that is not likely to 

 be the case in a climbing plant. 



5. B. TULDOIDES, Munro. Culmo iuermi, vix arboreo, fistuloso ; paniculfe ramis inferi- 



oribus subsimplicibus, semiverticillatis, paucis, superioribus alternis, foliis superne 

 inflorescentiam intrantibus, rhachi nitida, glabra, dura, tereti ; spiculis pallidis, noii 

 nitidis, memhranaceis, cylindrico-compressis, subuucialibus, rhachilla tandem visi- 

 bili, in glomerulis, plus minus distantibus, vix dense aggregatis, palea inferiore 

 apice subohtusa, subito mncronata ; foliis angiistis, subtus pallidis et hirsutis, vaginis 

 glabris. — B. Blumeana ? Hook, et Arn. Bot. Beechey's Voyage, 251;, ad not., non 

 Roem. et Sch. B. tulda, Benth. PL Hongk. 434, non Roxb. 



Hab. in China, Canton, Millett ! ; Hongkong, 3657 ! 7486 ! Hance ; Formos:.', 652 ! Oldham, v. s. 



Culmus subarboreus ?, inermis, subsobdus vel fistulosus. (Ramidi foliiferi, internodiis sulcato- striatis, duo 

 tantum adsunt) liicc folia 5-7 poll, longa, 5-8 lin. lata, lanceolata, basi rotundata, petiolata, mar- 

 gine (praicipue basin versus) longe serrata, supra glabra vel uiai'gine tactu scabra, subtus hirsuta, 

 nervis secundariis utrinque 6-8, subconspicuis. Vagina glabne, pulclirc striatic, aurieulis ciliis 

 paucis caducis fimbriatis biauriculattc. Folia floralia similia, scd minora, basi attcnuata, nervis 

 secundariis paucioribus, aurieulis vaginie obsoletis. Panicula diamctro inferne 3 lin., rhachi glabra, 



