400 CLXXITI. GRAMINEJS. (Bambtisecc, Gamble.) [Gigantochloa. 



6. Cr. heterostachya, M unro in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. (1868) 125 ; 

 subscandent, leaves linear-lanceolate base rounded shortly petioled tip 

 setaceous twisted scabrous sparsely hairy on the midrib beneath, spikelets 

 dimorphic sterile |-f in., flg. 1-1 in. oblong compressed, empty gls. 1-3 

 ovate glabrous, flyr. gls. 4-5 with 1-2 imperfect convolute, palea short 

 obtuse 4-8-nerved keels ciliate. Kurz Ind. Forester, i. 345 ; Gamble Bamb. 

 Brit. Ind. 66, t. 57. Bambnsa hetirostachya, Munro in Herb. Trin. Coll. 

 Dublin, fide Munro 1. c. 126. 



MALAY PENINSULA ; near Ayer Punas, about houses, Griffith. 



Stems 30 ft., graceful, thin-walled. Leaves 4-11 by -1 iu., midrib narrow 

 shining, nerves 6-8 ; sheath striate, auricle and callus rounded glabrous ; ligule 

 long, toothed, sometimes long-ciliate. Panicle large, leafy, branches spiciform, 

 heads of spikelets -4 in. apart, in the axils of chaffy glabrous bracts, rachis smooth, 

 upper joints puberulous ; %. spikelets sometimes solitary, empty gls. with sometimes 

 an imperfect fl. Lodicules 2 (or 3 ?) ovate or oblong, long-fimbiiate. Anthers 

 nearly in., tip apiculate penicillate. Ovary ellipsoid, very hairy ; style often curved, 

 hairy; stigmas 2-3, plumose. 



7. G-. ligulata, Gamble Bamb. Brit. Ind. 67, t. 58; leaves large 

 oblong-lanceolate base wrinkled unequal narrowed into a flat petiole, tip acu- 

 minate with refiexed margins scabrous, ligule long 2-fid, spikelets | f in., 

 conical acuminate, gls. ciliate with brown hairs, empty gls. 2-4 ovate acute 

 mncronate many-nerved, flg. gls. longer, palea short 5-nerved keels long- 

 ciliate. 



MALAY PENINSULA ; Perak, Wray ; Pahang, Ridley. 



Leaves 12-16 by 2-3 iu., beneath pale and smooth except the scabrid tip, midrib 

 broad yellow beneath, nerves 12-14 pairs, cross-nervules of pellucid glands ; sheaths 

 smooth, shining, brown, striate ; callus rounded, shining, often ciliate ; ligule up to 

 1 in., glabrous, lobes long-acuminate, membranous. Panicle terminal, long, of 

 spiciform branchlets bearing distant heads on leafy branches, each with 5-8 fertile 

 spikelets in the axils of long yellow glabrous bracts %-\\ in. long, mouth of bracts 

 truncate, furnished with round dark naked auricles and long fimbriate ligules, 

 rachis fistular, glaucous, lower joints 3 iu. Lodicules 0. Anthers long-apiculate, 

 tip hairy. Ovary long-stipitate, depressed ovoid, shining, hairy, style slender, 

 stigma short plumose. 



8. G. latispiculata, Gamble Baml. Brit. Ind. 67, t. 59; leaves 

 broadly lanceolate petioled base cuneate glabrous except the scabrid 

 tips, ligule broad cleft, spikelets over 1 in., nearly glabrous, empty gls. 

 2-3, lower foliiferous ovate-lanceolate mucronate, fl. gls. 7-9 ovate- 

 lanceolate long-acuminate hairy within margins faintly ciliate, palea 

 shorter obtuse 7-nerved keels ciliate. 



MALACCA, Alwis. 



Stems 50 ft. Leaves 12-14 by !-! in., pale, midrib prominent shining, nerves 

 8-9 pairs obscure ; sheath smooth, glabrous, keeled, callus narrow. Panicle 

 terminal, of spiciform branchlets bearing distinct heads 13 in. apart, of 1-4 very 

 large flattened spikelets in. broad, rachis smooth striate ; bracts very small. 

 Lodicules small, obovate, 3-5-nerved, fimbriate. Anthers narrow, tips apiculate, 

 penicillate. Ovary narrowly ovoid, pubescent, style slender, stigmas 3 plumose. 



137. OXYTENANTHERA, Munro. 



Arborescent or scandent unarmed Bamboos, with a stout usually 

 creeping and gtoloniferous rootstock. Stem-sheatlis various. Leaves large 

 or small, shortly petioled. Panicle large, branches with few or many 

 heads of whorled or capitate spikelets. Spikelets elongate, cylindric or 



