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GRAMINE.*:. 



[Bumboes*. 



10. 



11. 



12. 

 13. 



14. 



Central and South India, 

 Burma. (O 1337, 

 Dehia Dun ; B 1319, 

 Toungoo; W 133C, 

 South Kanara.) 



B. Balcooo, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 196; Munro Bengal and Assam. 



100; Brandis 567. Vern. Ballcu, Beng.; (E 1332, Sundarbans). 



Betwa, Cachar ; Bara baluka, Ass. Stems 



50 to 70 feet. The best Bengal species for 



building and scaffolding. It differs from 



B. lulda by its larger leaves, not pubescent 



beneath, and having distinct transverse veins, 



which are not found in B. Tulda. 

 B. arundinacea, Retz ; Munro 103 ; Beddome, 



ccxxxi, t. 321 ; Roxb Fl. Ind. ii. 191 ; Brandis 



564; Kurzii. 554. Vern. Maqar, ndl, Pb. ; 



Bans, kattang, Hind. ; Wahkanteh, Garo ; 



Baridla, Chittagong ; Mandgay, Bombay ; 



Kati wadur, Gondi ; Mangil, Tarn. ; Vedru, 



Tel. ; Bidungulu, Kan. ; Wa-nah, Magh ; 



Kya-kat-wa, Bunn. Stems 70 to 90 ieet 



spinescent. Leaves small. This bamboo is of 



good quality and strong, and is used for all 



purposes. The stems contain much tabasheer, 



which is used in native medicine. As a rule 



all the clumps in one district flower simul- 

 taneously, but isolated flowering clumps are 



occasionally found. Flowering years in 1804> 



1836 and 1868 are recorded on the western 



coast, but a flowering took place also in 



Kanara in 1864. (On this subject see Brandis, 



pages 565 and 566.) 

 B. spinosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 198 ; Munro 104 ; Bengal, Assam, Burma. 



Beddome ccxxxi ; Brandis 566, Vern. Behor, 



Beng. ; Koto, Ass. ; Kinkoit, Cachar ; Yaka- 



twa, Burm. (not given by Kurz, or rather, 



united with B. arundinacea, probably ; a 



view in which Brandis concurs). 

 B. orientalis, Nees ; Munro 105 ; Beddome 



CCXXXI. 



B. vulffaris, Wendl. ; Munro 106; Beddome 

 ccxxxii ; Brandis 568. Vern. Kulluk, Bom- 

 bay; Una, Cingh. Stems 20 to 50 feet, 

 yellow or striped yellow and green. The leaves 

 have well marked transverse veins. 



B. Brandisii, Munro 109. (Dendrocalamus 

 Brandisii, Kurz ii. 560.) Vern. Ora, Beng. ; 

 Turgu-wah, Magh ; Kyellowa, wabo, Bunn. A 

 gigantic species, up to 120 feet high, stems 

 often 30 inches in circumference. Flowered in 

 Chittagong in 1879. 



GENU8 V GlGANTOCHlOA. 



South India. 

 Cultivated in India. 



Chittagong and Burma, 

 up to 4,000 feet. (E 

 3428 Chittagong Hill 

 Tracts; B 1313, 1314, 

 Toungoo.) 



G. andamaniea, Kurz ii. 556. Vern. Poddh, Andamans (B 1331). 



And. Stems 20 to 30 feet, thin, tufted ; leaves 



used for thatching. 

 G. auriculata, Kurz ii. 557. Vern. Ta-la-ku- 



wa, Burm. Stems 30 to 40 feet. 

 G. macrostachya, Kurz ii. 557. Vern. Madi t 



Magh ; Wa-net, Burm. Stems 30 to 50 feet. 



Chittagong, Arracan, 



Pegu. 

 Chittagong and Burma 



(B 1314, Toungoo). 



GENUS VI- OXYTENANTHERA. 



n. uir/ro-ciliata, Munro 12H. BrcMome ccxxxiii. 

 (liambuta yruri/is. Wall.) Stnns 3< to 40 



tot 



Western Ghats, Chitta- 

 Burma, And*- 



mant, 



