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PLATE vie 953, 
BAMBUSA WRAYI, Stap/. 
GRAMINE&. Subtribe Eusambusez. 
Bambusa Wrayi, Stapf in fake Bulletin, 1 1893, 14; culmo peralto, 
valde nutante gracili, panicula maxime ecomposita, spiculis 
fertilibus paucis, glumis datim increscentibus, infimis 2 vacuis, 
seque 2-% mque gemmiparis, gl florifera rachilla tenui 
“seis gemmulam rudimentariam gerente equilonga ul- 
has 3 tenuibus longis. 
Has. Perak in monte Gunong Inas ad fontes fluminum Selama et 
Plus River, 4,500-5,500 ped. alt., L. Wray, jun. (Herb. Mus. Perak. 
No 4,166), 
Culmus 40-60 ped. altus, basi circa 1 poll. crassus superne tenuis- 
Simus nutans apice ad solum usque flexus inermis, internodiis flavidis 
glabris nitidis teretibus fistulosis, tertio vel quarto supra basin long- 
cl jiata. Panicula nuda vel apicem versus foliosa, a basi 
sissima, ines vel abbreviatis verticillatim seu subverticillatim arcte 
Ovarium vix 1 lin. longum; stylus } lin. longus stigmatibus 3 plumosis 
3-plo vel 4-plo longioribus. Ca ype “_ ura) e basi oblonga in 
rostrum brevem rime attenua 
“ge 
Spicule in the axils of the glames which immediately precede the 
flowerin gone. Iam pd of opinion that Nastus should be brought 
S a section or subgenus to Bambusa. There exists also a striking 
similarity, i in the habit fe ‘Koes and long-branched panicles, between 
Wrayi and Melocanna virgata, Munro, but the structure of the 
spikelet is wits different 
e Semangs call this tinboo Buloh Verswmpitan and use the long 
internodes for their blowpipes. Some interesting particulars waste 
this Bamboo and its uses are given in a letter fro m Mr. Wray to the 
peep of the Royal Gardens in the ‘ Kew Pallets, 1893, p. 16. 
. OF, 
Fig. 1, Spikelet. 2. Sterile and upper perfect floret of spikelet. 3. Stamen, 
4 Pistil, i enlarged. 
