Bambwa.] OLXXIII. GRAMINKJE. (Bambusew, Gamble.) 393 



, 13. B. King-iana, Gamble Bomb. Brit. Ind. 46, t. 42; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate tessellate by pellucid glands base unequally rounded, petiole flat, 

 sheath smooth, ligule broad toothed or iimbriate, spikelets ^ in. few in 

 regularly spaced clusters ovate flattened, empty gls. 2 ovate acute 

 margins ciliate, fl. gls. 4-6 similar but larger, palea oblong keels long- 

 ciliate, anthers penicillate, ovary stipitate broadly ovoid, style short stout. 



UPPER BURMA ; Katha district, Oliver. 



Stems 60-70 ft., up to 4 in. diam. Leaves 10-12 by 1-2 in., tip scabrid, at 

 first sparsely hairy beneath, nerves 10-15 pairs ; petiole -5 in. ; sheath smooth, 

 margins ciliate, callus broad shining, auricle small naked ; ligule unequal-sided. 

 Panicle large, compound, rachis of spiciform branchlets flexuous, joints flattened 

 on one side, bracts small. Spikelets purplish, rachilla clavate flattened. Lodicules 

 3, long-fimbriate. Stigmas 3. Habit of a Dendrocalcuinus. Stem- sheaths not 

 known. 



Sect. III. Shrubby, not spinous. Spikelets ovate, flattened, many- 

 fld., long-mucronate. Lodicules 0. 



14. B. lineata, Munro in Trans. Linn. tioc. xxvi. (1868) 118 ; stems 

 reed-like, leaves large stiff brittle ovate- to linear-lanceolate, ligule short 

 stiffly timbriate, inn. of spikes or panicles terminating leafy branchlets 

 and bearing bracteate clusters of often spirally twisted spikelets about iu., 

 bracts large, empty gls. 1-2 ovate long acuminate 5-7-nerved, fig. longer 

 white-ciliate, palea narrow keels minutely ciliate, anther-tips penicillate, 

 ovary oblong pubescent. Gamble Bamb. Brit. Ind. 46, t. 43. B. Rumphiana, 

 KwzinJoum. As. Soc. Bencj. xxxix. (1870) 86, Ind. Forester, i. 341. B. 

 Amahussana. B. atra, B. picta, B. prava, Lindl. in Penny Cyclop, iii. (1835) 

 357. Leleba Rumphiana, Kurz in Cat. Hort. B'ogor. (1866) 20. L. lineata, 

 Humph. Herb. Amb. vi. 5, t. 1. 



ANDAMAN ISLDS., Prain, in marshy coast forests. DISTRIB. Malay Archipelago. 



Stems short, always flowering, -1 in. diam., green or striped with yellow, 

 young much branched, sparsely bristly ; nodes ringed by the bases of the fallen 

 sheaths; internodes 1624 in., rough. Stem~sheaths about 6 by 3-4 in., truncate, 

 young strigose with golden hairs ; blade usually as long as the sheath, ovate, 

 cuspidate, erect, manv -nerved, base rounded then dilating into a hairy long ciliate 

 bund on the sheath. Leaves very variable, up to 15 by 3 in. on the shoots, shorter 

 on the branches, dull green, pale beneath, tessellate by pellucid glands, tips and 

 margins scabrid, nerves 8-12 ; sheath hairy, keeled, truncate, callus minute or ; 

 auricles long, falcate, bristly, deciduous; ligule stiffly h'mbriate. Spikelets sessile; 

 bracts truncate ; rachilla short, glabrous. Stigmas 3. A very remarkable species 

 with 7?romws-like spikelets. Kurz enumerates 5 varieties iu the "Indian Forester." 

 (B. atra is its earliest name. J. D. H.) 



Sect. 1Y. Arborescent, not spinous. Spikelets cylindric, few-fld. 

 Lodicules 0-3. 



15. B. schizostachyoides, Kurz ex Gamble Bamb. Brit. Ind. 48, 

 t. 44 ; leaves lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, sheath at first hispid truncate, 

 callus 0, auricle falcate bearing long twisted stiff bristles, ligule long, 

 panicle terminal spiciform, epikelets about in. few in bracteate clusters, 

 empty gls, 1-2 ovate mucronate many-nerved, flg. gls. 2-3 longer rough 

 above, palea narrow keels ciliate, anthers long-apiculate, ovary elliptic- 

 oblong, style long. Cephalostachyum schizostachyoides, Kurz For. Fl. 

 Burm. 565. Melocanna ? Kurzii, Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. (1868) 

 134. TeinoHtachyum schizostachyoides, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 xxxix. (1870) ii. 89. 



