INDIAN ВАМВОЗЕЖ; GAMBLE. | 5 
Bracts of the inflorescence sheathing—Sxcrion III, 
2222 Transverse veinlets conspicuous, bracts large. 4 
Bracts narrow, enclosing 2 to З spikelets . . . . . . . . , 15. 4. spathiflora, 
: ‚ Bracts broad, enclosing 3 to 5 spikelets , ЧГ . 16. 4. aristata. 
Transverse veinlets inconspicuous, bracts short . . . . . . . . . 17. A. Fatconert, 
Stamens 6 or less, climbing shrubs—Secrios IV. ‚....... в“ . 18. Pree 
Species of which the flowers are not Жнокн. 
Culm-sheaths short, imperfect blade generally recurved. 
Leaves with conspicuous transverse veinlets, 
Culms from short rhizomes, cæspitose. 
Leaves very small, under 1 in. long . . . . 
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А. microphylla. 
Leaves moderate sized, up to 5 in. long. | 
Leaf sheaths with many cilie, hirsute. . . . . . . . . 20. A. hirsuta. 
Leaf-sheaths with few cilie, glabrous . . . . . . + + , 21, А. баа. 
Culms from elongated rhizomes, distant. | 
Leaves moderate sized. W. Himalaya. . . . . + . . . . 22. А. jaunsarensis. 
iMd NM ен. C x. а. Еліме; 
Leaves without transverse veinlets. | 
Leaves very narrow, branchlets short . . . . . . . + + . . » 24. Д. suberecta, 
Leaves narrow, papery, branchlets long, slender. . . . . . . . . 25, A. Кита, 
па very long, imperfect blade erect, very long . . . . . . . . . 26. A. Manni. 
Nore.—Nos. 19, 20, and 21 probably belong to section I; Nos, 24 and 25 to section II; Nos. 99 and 23 to 
section III, and No. 26 to section ТУ. 
SECTION I. 
1. ARUNDINARIA WALKERIANA, Munro in Trans, Linn, Soc, xxvi. 91, 
го А shrubby bamboo with cæspitose stems. Culms small, 1 in. in diameter, upper part 
thickly covered with the sheaths of fallen leaves; internodes about 15 in. long, rather 
rough, striate. Culm-sheaths thin, papery. Leaves usually elliptic- or ovate-oblong, sometimes 
oblong-lanceolate, shortly pungent acuminate, rounded at the base ‘and cucullate just 
above the short "1 to "2 in. thick petiole, pale beneath, glabrous; margins cartilaginous, 
thickened and recurved, spinulose-serrate; 5 to 11 in. long, 1 to 15 in, broad; main 
yein narrow, shining, secondary veins 6 to 10 pairs, intermediate about 5 to 6; very 
numerous, prominent, regular, transverse veinlets, which are raised beneath; Jeaf-sheaths 
striate, glabrous, cut off straight at the mouth, which is furnished with minute се 
below the petiole and with a row of long pale bent bristles at the edge; ligule short. 
Inflorescence a large purple-red terminal compound panicle, rising from imbricated leafy 
branches, 6 to 12 in. long; branchlets filiform, striate, wavy, glabrous; lower axils 
glandular, upper with a few long hairs, at first closely pressed together, afterwards 
spreading, Spikelets purple, 6 to 77 in. long when young, up to l'in. when older, narrow, 
glabrous, 3- to 4-flowered, uppermost flowers usually empty; rachilla wiry, flattened, 
ciliate on the inner side and furnished with a ring of hairs at the swollen tip; empty 
glumes 2. 1. 10:2 in. long, nearly equal, the lower usually 3- and the upper 5- or more 
. Дум. Вот. Bor. Garp, CALCUTTA, Vor. VII. 
