Dendrocalamus.] CLXXIII. GRAMINE^J. (Bambusece, Gamble.) 407 



9. D. calostachyus, Run For. Fl. Burma, ii. 562; stem-sheaths 

 truncate tawny- strigose, leaves 9-12 by l-2 in. broadly lanceolate softly 

 hairy beneath, spikelets about | in. ovate acute faintly pubescent, empty 

 gls. 2-3 broadly ovate acute many-nerved, ng. gls. 4-6 rather longer, 

 anthers yellow mucro smooth. Gamble Bamb. Brit. Ind. 89, t. 77, 

 Bambusa calostachya, Kurz in Journ. Beng. As. Soc. xlii. (1873) 249. 



UPPER BURMA ; Bhamo and Kachin Hills up to 3500 ft., J. Anderson. 



Stems with appressed silvery hairs ; nodes thickened, annulate. Stem-sheaths 

 truncate ; lignle narrow, subentire. Leaves shortly petioled, base rounded, nerves 

 9-13 pairs, sheaths white-ciliate, mouth truncate, callus small ; ligule broad, truncate. 

 Panicle of long whip-like curved spikes ; rachis flattened on alternate sides, glaucous, 

 subpuberulous-i heads of 2-5 spikelets, bracts few small. Spikelets subcompressed ; 

 ng. gls. with conspicuous transverse nervules ; palea 5-nerved and transversely 

 nervuled between the ciliate keels and 1-nerved outside the keels. Ovary broadly 

 ovoid, subheraispheric and long style hairy, stigma simple fringed. 



10. B. latiflorus, Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. (1868) 152, t. 6; 

 leaves 7-10 by 1-2 in. broadly lanceolate long-acuminate, spikelets |-f in. 

 few in a head ovate-oblong compressed, gls. many-nerved pubescent, empty 

 gls. 2 short broad acute ciliate, n. gls. 6-8 broadly ovate suddenly narrowed 

 to a subobtuse point, margins dark colrd. ciliate, anthers pale tipped by a 

 hairy mucro. Gamble Bamb. Brit. Ind. 131, t. 117. Bambusa latiflora, 

 Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xlii. (1873) II. 250. B. verticillata, Benth. 

 FL Honyk. (ex Munro). 



UPPER BURMA; Southern Shan States, King's Collector. DISTRIB. China, 

 Formosa. 



A very large Bamboo. Stems tall, fistular, internodes short, 5 in. diam., cavity 

 large, striate, glabrous. Leaves shortly petioled, glabrous, midrib prominent, nerves 

 9 pairs, transverse nervules many obscure ; sheath sulcate, glabrous or hairy between 

 the lines, ligule truncate. Panicle large, uppermost spikelets followed by leaf-like 

 bracts 1-1| in. long, rachis softly hairy, flattened on one side, white-ringed above. 

 Ovary ovoid from a broad base and long style hairy, stigmas 1-2. 



** Spikelets short, obtuse. 



11. D. longrispathus, Kurz For. Fl. Burma, ii. 561 ; stem-sheaths 

 persistent papery strigose with patches of brown hair, leaves oblong- to 

 linear-lanceolate narrowed to the base rough almost white beneath, spike- 

 lets } | in. in small heads obtuse nearly glabrous, empty gls. 2-3 obovate 

 obtuse, flg. gls. 2-3 obovate cucullate margins ciliate many-nerved, anthers 

 short tip mucronate black. Gamble Bamb. Brit. Ind. 89, t. 78. Bambusa 

 longispatha, Kurz in Beng. As. Soc. Journ. xlii. (1873) II. 249. 



SILHET, Mann. CHITTAGONG, Lister, &c. ARRACAN, SMicTi. BURMA, 

 Erandis, &c. 



Stems 60 ft., leafy above only, nodes often rooting; iuternodes 10-24 in. by 

 3-4 diam., grey-green, walls in. thick. Stem-sheaths fragile, 15-20 by 5-7 in., 

 sides parallel till near the depressed sometimes 1-auricled top; blade 12-18 in., 

 lanceolate, dorsally hairy ; ligule broad, serrate and often fimbriate. Leaves acu- 

 minate midrib thick yellow, nerves 8-10 pairs; sheath smooth, glabrous; ligule 

 narrow. Panicle large, sometimes leafy, of interruptedly spicate clusters i-| in. 

 broad, with hard polished bracts at the base. Spikelets few or many-fld. Ooary 

 broadly ovoid, subacute ; style rather short, stigina short. Grain ovoid, yellow, 

 beaked. - 



12. D. Brandisii, Kurz For. Fl. Burma, ii. 560 ; stem-sheaths thickly 

 coriaceous white-pubescent, leaves 9-12 by 1-2 in. oblong-lanceolate softly 



