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As former, but sheaths sparingly tawny setose, G. aurkulata. 



Spikelets 1 } 2 in. long ; shoot-sheaths densely appressed black setose, auricles large, strongly 

 t.iwiiN -fringed ; anthers purple ; stigmas white, O. vmcrodachya. 



DENDROCALAMUS. 



X Outer palcas tenninated hy a longer or shorter pungent bristle or point. Anthers 

 yellow. Stigmas purple. 



Shoot-sheaths more or less pruinose, slightly tawny appressed setose, the mouth truncate ; 



angles of inner palea friuged ; bristle of outer palea nearly 2 lin. long ; spikelets hairy 



or smooth, D. strictus*. 



Shoot-sheaths minutely appressed-silvery-setose, auricles large, bristly-fringed, one turned 



upwards, the other downwards, I), cri'icus'. 



Shoot-sheaths appressed dark-brown-setose, auricle waved decurrent, stuppose-setose inside ; 



angles of inner palea ciliate ; outer palea puugent-poiuted, . ...,,... .2). membranaceus*. 



X X Outer paleas cucullate-mucronate, but not pungent ; spikelets green, mem- 

 branous. 



Spikelets only 2J 4 lin. long. Anthers yellow. Stigmas purple. 



Shoot-sheaths appressed-tawny-setose, auricles waved-deourrent, stuppose-fringed inside,; 



ligule narrow, angles of inner palea minutely ciliate, . . . .D. Brandisii^. 



Shoot-slieaths narrow and nearly as long as the internodes, appressed dark brown setose, only 



at one side of the mouth with a small nude auricle ; ligule conspicuous, bristly-fimbriate ; 



angles of inner palea slightly pilose, D. tongispathus*. 



Spikelets rather large, 6-7 lin. long or longer; leaves very large. 

 Shoot-sheaths not knoicn. 



Mouth of leaf-sheaths not produced in an auricle, the ligule conspicuous, entire or fimbriate ; 



angles of inner palea white-friuged ; anthers yellow ; stigma purple, . ...D. calostachym*. 

 Mouth of leaf-sheaths with large lunate strong fimbriate auricles, ligule large, usually rup- 



tur(Ml ; angles of inner palea smooth, lodioules long fimbriate, D. Griffithianm^. 



CEPHALOSTACHYUM. 



* Spikelets very densely flowered, the rachillae very short or reduced. 



Spikelets 12 14 lin. long, in dense terminal heads. 

 Spikelets glabrous (lodicules 5 lin. long ?) C. pallidum. 



Spikelets ^ an inch long, more or less white pilose, rarely glabrescent, in dense 

 clmfers, forming interrupted spikes or panicles. 

 X Stigmas white. 



Shoot-sheaths very short, black from dense appressed bristles, auricles large, stuppose-fringed ; 



anthers purple, . , ,C. pergracile. 



Shoot-sheaths appressed white-setose, auricles large, long-fringed, one bent downwards, the 



other upwards ; anthers pale yellow, C. flavesecm. 



X X Stigmas purple. ' 



Spikelets pilose, glabrescent ; anthers yellow Q, rirgatum. 



Spikelets glabrous, laxly and sometimes almost remotely-flowered, the rachillae more 



or less elongate, (auricles of leaf-slieaths more or less elongate, long-white-fringcd.) 

 Spikelets cylindrical, | inch long ; inner palea smooth ; anthers purple ; stigmas 



white, C. schizostachyoides. 



Spikelets almost pedicelled, 2-3 lin. long, almost remotely 7-3-flowered ; inner palea on the 



keels at apex whitish-ciliate ; anthers yellow, , (7. Griffithii, 



PSEUDOSTACHYUM. 



Culms very strong ; shoot-sheaths quite smooth ; auricles lunate, reflexed, stiff-fringed ; ligule 



very narrow, entire ; spikelets 2 2| lin. long, clustered ; caryopsis irregular globose, the 



size of a wood-apple ; anthers yellow ; stigmas white, P. compaetiflorum. 



Culms very hollow and weak ; shoot-sheaths minutely white-setose ; auricles very small, 



long-fringed ; ligule conspicuously (2-4 lin. long) fringed, P. Helferi. 



MELOCANNA. 



Low, 15 20 feet high ; leaves scabrously pubescent beneath, 3f. humilis. 



50 70 feet high; leaves quite glabrous, M. bacci/era. 



Note : 1 = Bambusa stricta of App. A. ; 2 = Bambusaoriticaof App. A. ; 3 = Bambusa regia of App. A.; 

 4 = Bambusa Brandisii of App. A. ; 5 = Bambusa longispatha of App. A. ; 6 = Bambusa calostachya of App! 

 A. ; 7 = Bambusa Griffithiana of App. A. 



