Jrundinaria.] 



427 



Kunawar; Ewei, Tibet; Prong, N.-W. P.; 



Titi niffala, Nep. ; Prongnok, Lepcha. Stems 



6 to 10 feet high, strong, annual; leaves narrow, 



without transverse veins. Used for roofing aud 



baskets. 

 5. A. kliasiana, Munro 28. Vern. Namlang, 



Khasia, stem 8 to 12 feet. 

 (5. A. intermedia, Munro 28. Stem about 6 to 8 



feet. 



7. A. Hookeriana, Munro 29. Vern. Praong, pro ng, 



Lepcha ; Singhani, Nep. ; stems 12 to 15 feet. 

 This bamboo is common about Dumsong, and 

 has handsome glaucous green stems, the nodes 

 marked by a bluish ring. The seeds are edible. 

 The leaves have conspicuous transverse veins. 



8. A. elegans, Kurz ii. 549. Stems 12 to 20 feet . 



GENUS II THAMNOCALAMUS. 



1 . T. Falconeri, Hook. f. ; Munro 34 ; Brandis 563. 



2. T. spatUflorus, Munro 34 ; Brandis 563, Gamble 



87. Vern. Ring all, Jaunsar; Purmiok, 

 Lepcha ; Myoosay, Bhutia. The common 

 small bamboo of Hattu and Deoban. The 

 hard yellow-stemmed red-branched bamboo 

 from Tonglo and the Singalila Kange of 

 Sikkim is probably this species. Transverse 

 veins prominent. 



GENUS III PHYLLOSTACHYS. 

 1. P. bambusoides, Sieb. and Zucc. ; Munro 36 



plains in the Eastern 

 Himalaya, Khasia Hills 

 (H 132, Kulu ; K Ittjy, 

 E 3427, Darjeeling). 



Khasia Hills. 



Sikkim, 7,000 to 8,000 



feet. 

 Sikkim, at 4,000 to 6,800 



feet. 



Martaban Hills. 



Kumaun and Nepal, at 

 8,000 feet. 



Himalaya, from the Sutlej 

 to Bhutan, above 8,(KJ() 

 feet. (H 131, Kulu 

 E3426, Tonglo, Lar- 

 jeeling 10,000 ft.). 



Mishmi Hills. 



GENUS IV BAMBUSA. 



1. B. Tulda, Roxb. PI. Ind. ii. 193 ; Munro 91 ; 



Brandis 566; Kurz ii. 552. Vern. Peka, 

 Hind. ; Tulda, jowa, mitenga, tnatela, Beng. ; 

 ll<thghi,Gai'0',Madaeivah, Magh ; Theiwa, 

 thoukwa, Burm. The common Bamboo of 

 Bengal. The wood is strong and the halms 

 are used for roofing, and scaffolding, mats, aud 

 other purposes. 



2. It. nutans, Wall.; Munro 92; Brandis 567; 



Gamble 87. Vern. Mahlbans, Nep.; Mahhi, 

 Lepcha; Jiushing, Bhutia ; Sidkuli, mnk'ml, 

 Ass. ; Pichle, Sylhet. A most beautiful species 

 largely planted near villages in Sikkim and 

 Bhutan. 



3. B. ajfinh, Munro 93 ; Kurz 551. Vern. 



Theeshe, thaikiva, Burm. Said by Munro to 

 be scaudent, by Kurz to be small and tui'led, 

 and 15 to 20 feet high. 



4. B. teres, Ham. ; Muuro 95 .... 

 6. B. Falconeri, Munro 95; Brandis 568. Vern. 



Chye, kag. 



6. B.pdllida, Munro 97. Vern. Burwal, bakhul, 



Cachar ; Usken, Khasia. Stem 50 feet. 



7. B. Khasiana, jMunro D7. Vevn. Tuniar, Khasia 



8. B.polymorpha, Munro 97 ; Kurz ii. 553. Vern. 



Ky'a-thoungiva, Burm. 



Bengal and Burma 

 (E. 1333, Sundarbans ; 

 E. 1329, ChittMgong; 

 B. 1321, Toungoo.) 



Nepal, Sikkim and Khasia 

 Hills. (01338:Dehra 

 Dun ?). 



Martaban. 



Bengal and Assam. 

 North- West Himalaya. 



Bengal and 



Eastern 

 Assam. 



Khasia Hills. 



Burma (B. 1316, Toun- 

 goo). 



