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Hosciilis omnibus, nisi 2 infcrioribus stcrilil)ns, bipalcaceis, flosculo tcnninali tabcsccnto, nnllo vcl 

 raro obsoleto. Gluma suporioi- (fig. 5) encrvosa, ol)tusa, carinata, carina brcvissiinc ciliata. Pulea 

 inferior (fertilis) (fig. 2) basi lata, s?epe plicata, ranltinervia, vix acuta, dorso pubcscens, margine sicpc 

 colorato-fimbriata ; superior (figg. 2, 3) multo angustior, liirsuta, carinis fimbriata, apice breviter 

 bifida. Sijuaitiulce typic;e nullac ; rarissimc, in spec, c Formosa, pscu(lo-squaniul;e 1-2 adsuiit. Stamina 

 G, e flosculis superioribus cxserta, antheris nmcronc hirsuto lumjo apiculatis. Stylus filiforinis, longns, 

 primum simplex, tandem apice bifidus. Ovarium (fig. l) hirsutum, rostratum, stipitatum. Fructun 

 matnrus non visus. 



This very pretty species seems well worthy of cultivation in our European gardens, as 

 it doubtless flowers annually. Until Oldham's specimens were received, all hitherto 

 known in herbariums were single branches of the panicle, and consequently the inflo- 

 rescence was supposed to bo simply spicate. I think it is very probable that this species 

 is one of Kumphius's varieties of Leleha. 



XXI. DlXOCHLOA. 



Biise, PI. Jungh. 388; Miq. /. c. iii. 415. Tab. Y. 



Spicula deorsum imperfecta, parva, ovata, 3-flora, flosculis 2 infcrioribus dorso nitidis, subobtusis, 

 supremo perfecto bipaleaeeo (figg. 4-5). Gluma 2, obtuste, glabrae, flosculis infcrioribus similes. 

 Palea inferior (flosculi fertilis) pauciuervia, obtusa, dorso et margine glabra (fig. 5) vel dorso hirsuta 

 (fig. 4) (in Cuming, no. G37) ; superior brevior, oralis, obtusa, carinis ciliata (fig. 5) vcl glabra (fig. 4). 

 Squamulce nuUse. Stamina 6, filamcntis brevissimis, antheris apice conico-acuminatis (fig. G). Stylus 

 brevis, ovarii rostro inclusus, apice in stigmata 3, brevissima, villosa divisus (fig. G). Fructus (fcrc 

 maturus) ovalis et breviter rostratus, \h lin. longus (fig. 7), " bacciformis, ct, ut vidctur, iutus 

 carnosus" (Sch.). 



Gramen alte (usque ad 50 pedes) scandens, in Java et ins. Philippinis et Andaman cresccns. Folia lan- 

 ccolata. Panicula supradecomposita, ramis iterum iterumque ramulosis, spiculis secus ramulos 

 ultimos subverticillato-glomeratis. 



This genus has the smallest spicula? of any Bamboo ; but, among the thousands which 

 the specimens contained, very few were perfect. 



Species iinica. 

 D. TJANKORREH, Biise, PI. Jungh. /. c. ; Miq. I. c. Tab. Y. Panicula maxima, divari- 

 catissima, spiculis minimis, vix 2 lin. longis, secus ramulos subspicato-glomeratis, 

 foliis basi leniter attenuatis, vaginis primum ore fimbriatis, ciliis cito caducis. 

 — Bambtisa scandens, Blume in litt. ad Nees in Bot. Zeit. 182i, 291. Nastus 

 tjaukorreh, Roem. et Sch. I. c. 1358; Kunth, /. c. 430; Steud. /. c. 333. Schizo- 

 stachijitm parvijlormn, Munro in hb. T.C.D. Chiisqnea anqilopanicidata, Steud, 

 I. c. 337 ; Miq. I. c. 414. 

 Hab. in ins. Philippinis, no. 637 ! Cuming ; Java, niontc Gcdcc, Blume ; montc Salak, 4000 ped. s. m., 



Kurz\ Junyhuhn; Hort. Bogor. 798, Zoffin^er; ins. Andaman ! A'wrr (folia tantum). v. s. 

 Culmus scandens, internodiis ^-Ig pcd. lougis, ramis fasciculatis. Folia plerumque 2-5 poll, longa et 

 8-12 lin. lata, in spec, ex Andaman ins. 10 poll, longa, 2j poll, lata, lanccolata, sctacco-acumi- 

 nata, basi attenuata et brevissime petiolata, glabra ct la;via, venulis transversis paruni conspicuis. 

 VagincE supcriores glabr;e, infcriores scabnc, ore fimbriattc, ciliis cito caducis, ligula truncata, sa^pe 

 longa, fimbriata. Panicula amplissima, rhaclii scmitcreti, aspcrrima, ramis intcrdum 3-pcdaIibus, in 

 raccmos simplices vel ramosos divisis. lleliqua generis. 

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