Ofy ten anther a. "\ 



CJRAMINtLE. 



129 



2. 



3. 



1. 



2. 



3. 



1. 



O. albo-ciliata, Munro 12l>. ( (ttgantochloa albo- 



ciliata, Kurz ii. 555.) Vern. Wa-pyou-yalay, 



Burm. Stems 20 to 30 feet. 

 O. Thwaitesii, Munvo 129 ; Beddome ccxxxii, 



t. 322. Vern. Watte. Anamalais. Stein 10 to 



12 feet, 1 inch diam. 



O. Stocksii, Munro 130; Beddome cexxxiii 

 O. monostigma, Beddouie ccxxxiii 



GENUS VII MELOCANNA. 



M. bambusoides, Triu. ; Munro 132 ; Kurz ii. 

 569, (Bambusa baccifera, Koxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 197.) Vern. Muli, metunga, bisk, Beng. ; 

 Kayoung-wa, Magh. Stems 50 to 70 feet long, 

 12 to 13 inches girth. Fruit large, pear-shaped, 

 3 to 5 inches long, edible. The common, gre- 

 garious, not caespitose, bamboo < f the Chitta- 

 gong Hills. It is of good quality, durable, 

 straight and with straight knots, and is very 

 largely cut and exported for house-building, 

 mats and other purposes. 



M. Kurzii, Munro 134 (Cephalostachyum 

 sfhizostachy aides, Kurz ii. 565.) Stems 20 to 

 30 feet. 



M. humilis, Kurz ii. 569. Stems 8 to 15 feet . 



liunna. 

 Western Ghats. 



Con can. 

 Anamalais. 



Eastern Bengal, Chitta- 

 gong, Arracan and 

 Tenasserim. (E 1325, 

 Chittagong). 



Andainans. 

 Arracan, Pegu. 



GENUS VIII CEPHALOSTACHYUM. 



C. capitatum, Munro 139 ; Gamble 87. Vern. 

 Gobia, gopi, Nep. ; Payong, Lepcha ; Sllli, 

 sullea, Khasia, Stems 12 to 30 feet, thin, yel- 

 low, semi-scandent, strong, with long inter- 

 nodes of about 2 feet, used for bows and 

 arrows by Lepchas. The leaves are good 

 fodder. It is often gregarious. This bamboo 

 flowered and died down in Sikkim in 1874. 



C.pallidum, Munro 139; Kurz ii. 563. Vern. 

 Beti. Stems shrubby. 



C. latifolium, Munro 140. Leaves large . 



C. pergracile, Munro 141 ; Kurz ii. 564. Vern. 

 Tinwa, Icengwa, Burm. Stems 30 to 50 feet. 

 Common in upper mixed forests; often 

 gregarious. 



GENUS IX PSEUDOSTACHYUM. 



Sikkim and Khasia Hills. 

 (E 1353, E 3429, Dam- 

 song, Darjeeling). 



Mishmi Hills, Ava. 



Bhutan. 

 Burma 

 goo.) 



(B1317, Toun- 



1. P. polymorphum, Munro 142. Vern. Pur- 



phiok, paphok, Lepcha ; Filing, Nep. 

 Stems green, soft, used for baskets, mats, 

 and for tying houses. 



2. P. compactiflorum, Kurz ii. 567. Stems 15 to 



25 feet. 



3. P. Helferi, Kurz ii. 568. Vern. Watha bo-wa, 



Burm. Stems 20 to 25 feet, gregarious. 



Sikkim at 4,000 to 6,000 

 feet, Assam (E 1340, 

 Darjeeling Terai). 



Martaban Hills, 4,000 to 



6,000 feet. 

 Hills of Burma, up to 



3,000 feet. (B 1318 



Toungoo.) 



GENUS X BEESHA. 



B. Rheedii, Kunth; Munro 



ccxxxiv. Stems 16 feet high. 

 B. stridula, Munro 145; Beddouie ccxxxiv. 



Vern. Batta, Cingh. Stems 6 to 18 feet. 



144; Beddome Malabar, Cochin. 



Bombay, Ceylon, 



