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Chinese Dendrocalamus latiflorus has been sent from the Shan Hills, and Mr. J. 
W. Oliver has added one more to his many discoveries in a very pretty new 
kind with striped anthers, which has been described as Bambusa Ойгетана. The 
most common bamboos of Burma are Myinwa (Dendrocalamus strictus), Tinwa 
(Cephalostachyum pergracile), Kyathoungwa (Bambusa polymorpha) and Wapyugale 
( Oxytenanthera albociliata), “all these growing on rocky strata or on shallower 
“alluvium, while Kyakatwa (Bambusa arundinacea) is restricted to the plains in 
“deep alluvium near larger rivers” (Kurz—Preliminary Report on the forest and 
other vegetation of Pegu.—Caleutta, 1875, p. 50). The largest species is the ac- 
climatized Dendrocalamus giganteus, of which magnificent plantations exist in various 
places, and notably near Myanoung on the Irawadi; but not far off come Dendro- 
calamus Drandisi, D. Hamiltonii, Gigantochoa macrostachya, Bambusa Tulda, B. 
бигтатса and B. polymorpha, Of Arundinaria, two species are found, both scarce. 
Of the new genus Zhyrsostachys, there are two species, both of which are beauti- 
ful kinds and valuable; of Oxytenanthera there are three species, and other genera 
are also’ represented. 
Region (7), MALAYA, with Lower Tenasserim and the Andamans, has so far been 
only incompletely explored. South Tenasserim is but little known, and only recently 
two beautiful species, Bambusa Binghami and Dendrocalamus longifimbriatus, have been 
received from the Maliwón forests near the Pakchan river, which may be the precursors 
of still more interesting kinds to follow. In the Andamans and Nicobars and adjacent 
islands only five species are во far known to exist; the most common is Dinochloa 
Tjangkorreh, a powerful climber, next come Omyfenanthera nigrociliata and Bambusa 
schizostachyoides, these being the only three which occur in the main islands. 
Dr. Prain has, however, discovered Bambusa lineata on Rutland Island, and Dendro- 
calamus strictus in Great Cocos. The Straits Settlements and the territories of the 
native princes in alliance with our Government contain many bamboos, and in this 
Malay region the most noticeable thing is the prevalence of species of the genera 
Gigantochloa and Schizostachyum. The most common species is probably Dendro- 
calamus flagellifer, which grows to a very large size, as does D. giganteus, which 
is here in its own home. Bambusa Wrayi forms forests on the hills of Perak, 
and the introduced Bambusa nana forms thickets on the hills. Thanks to Mr. Ridley 
of the Singapore Gardens, much information has already been obtained regarding 
the Malay bamboos; but there is no doubt but that much has yet to be learned, 
and that most of the common species of Java and Sumatra will yet be found to 
belong also to the Indo-Malayan flora. In this work are described from the 
Malay region 31 species, of which 29 indigenous and two naturalized. 
The uses to which bamboos are put have been so often described that there 
is little, if anything, more to be added regarding them. Бо far as possible, an 
account of the uses to which the different species have been put has been given 
under each; and further reference is invited to the writings mentioned already 
in referring to “ Tabashir" all of which contain much information. Besides 
them, too, Sir D. Brandis’ “Forest Flora of North-West and Central India,” 
