xvi INTRODUCTION. 
having the valuable assistance of the Herbarium at Kew, the sets of bamboos from 
several other similar institutions were freely placed at my disposal Dr. С. King, 
the Director, and Dr. D. Prain, the Curator of the Herbarium of the Royal 
Botanic Garden in Caleutta, not only allowed me the loan of the whole 
collection of that institution, but gave me constantly their advice and help in 
every way, Тһе Saharanpur collections were placed at my disposal by Mr, J. Е. 
Duthie, ва, the Director of the Botanical Department in Northern India. 
Those of the Madras Central Museum were lent to me by Mr. E. Thurston, 
the Superintendent; and those of the Ootacamund Garden by Mr, M. А. Lawson, 
Director of the Botanical Department in Southern India. Dr. H. Trimen, F.R.S., 
most kindly lent me the collections and drawings belonging to the Royal Gardens 
at Peradeniya in Ceylon, and assisted me further with much information. The 
collection belonging to the Garden at Singapore was placed at my disposal by the 
Director, Mr. H. N. Ridley, r.L.s, who also gave me sets of his more recent 
discoveries in Perak, Penang and Johore. 
It has sometimes been said that Indian forest officers did not do enough for 
the elucidation of the botany of the countries in which they are employed. So 
far as bamboos are concerned, the reproach must be cancelled most emphatically, 
for I have received from my brother officers in the Indian Forest Department the 
most signal assistance, and it is scarcely too much to say that without their kind 
help this work must have been a failure. From Assam, I received sets of nearly 
all the bamboos of the various districts, by the kindness of the Conservator, 
Mr. Gustav Mann, who himself collected or procured them, compared them himself, 
labelled and noted on them, giving the fullest particulars not only of their character- 
istics, but of their names and uses. For the Burmese bamboos I am chiefly 
indebted to Mr. J. W. Oliver, Conservator of the Eastern Circle of Upper Burma, 
whose magnificént collections have produced several new and valuable species. То 
Mr. P. J. Carter, Conservator in Pegu, Lieutenant-Colonel Bingham, Conservator in 
Tenasserim, and to Messrs. McHarg, Lowis, C. Ө. Rogers, Lane-Ryan, and others, 
I am also greatly indebted. For а set of bamboos collected in Sikkim I have to 
thank the late Mr. E. Fuchs, and for those of Orissa I have to acknowledge the 
aid of Babu Sree Dhur Chakravarti. For information regarding the bamboos of 
Bombay, І have chiefly to thank Mr. W. A. Talbot and Mr. В. C. Wroughton, 
Deputy Conservators; while. аб the instance of the Нопће A. T. Shuttleworth, 
Conservator of the Central Circle, sets from various districts were sent me by 
Messrs. Fagan, Wilkins, Osmaston, and Millett. Mr. T. Е. Bourdillon, Conservator 
of Forests in the Ттауапсоге State, has sent me much important material to 
supplement the valuable collections made by Sir D. Brandis in Tinnevelly. 
22 Besides Forest Officers, I have to thank Mr. С. A. Gammie of the Govern- 
ment Cinchona Plantations in British Sikkim, for sets of bamboos collected by him 
on his tours in the Darjeeling hills; and Mr. С. В. Clarke, F.R.S., now President 
of the Linnean Society, for valuable sets of his collections in Sikkim, the Khasia 
Hills, and Manipur. In the correction of the proofs I have to acknowledge the 
