96 ANNALS OF ТНЕ HOYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA. 
leaving a central line clear, make it easily recognizable. Kurz gives the names Wa-net 
and Talagu-wa (Burmese) Mann gives Кайа (Bengali, while other specimens from 
Burma bear the name Wanway, Kurz places it in the genus Gigantochioa in his Forest 
Flora; but in the absence of flowers I prefer to retain it under Bambusa, to which it 
seems to me more properly to belong. It may be hoped that flowers will soon be 
procurable which will settle its position, It is a handsome species and Из culms ought 
to be useful. | | 
Гілте No. 49.— Bambusa auriculata, Kurz. 1 & 2, leaf-branehes—of natural sue; 
9, culm-sheath—reduced to about + (from Calcutta Botanic Garden specimens). 
29. BAMBUSA VILLOSULA, Kurz For. Fl. Burma n. 558. 
An almost simple-stemmed, rarely tufted bamboo, the culms usually arising singly 
from the stock. Culms about 3 in. in diameter; internodes 12 to 15 in. long; nodes 
hardly raised. Culm-sheaths truncate, ciliate on the margins, glabrous outside; 
imperfect blade absent. Leaves linear, somewhat cuspidate; 5 to 8 in. long, "5 to 7% 
in, broad; narrowed or rounded at the base іпёо а very short petiole; ending above 
in a cuspidate, long, twisted, setaceous, scabrous point; scabrous on marginal veins 
above, otherwise glabrous; glaucescent beneath, hairy near the petiole; edges scabrous; 
main veins conspicuous, shining, secondary veins 6 to 12, not conspicuous, intermediate 
5, pellucid glands which appear in dried specimens as transverse veins; Jleaf-sheaths 
striate, minutely villous, then glabrescent, whitish-ciliate on the margins, somewhat 
keeled, ending above in prominent shining calluses, and bearing on one side a large 
rounded long-fringed auricle; Ugule short. Inflorescence, &c., not known, 
Limestone Hills of Martaban and Upper Tenasserim: collected by Brandis in 
1862 in the Yónzalim Valley (No. 384). | 
This is the Tabendeimwa (Burmese) Wami (Karen) of Kurz; but very little is 
known about it. It is said to be useful for basket work. 
23. DAMBUSA Mastersi, Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc, xxvi. 119. 
A climbing bamboo. Culms small, reed-like. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 10 to 13 
in. long, usually 1°5 in. broad; attenuated at the yellowish base into a glandular 
(? wrinkled) 2 in. petiole which is often hairy; rostrate-acuminate at. the hairy tip, 
glabrous on both sides except on the midrib towards the base and the scabrous 
points on marginal veins, glaucescent beneath; scabrous on the edges; main vein 
yellowish, shining, secondary veins 10 to 12 pairs, intermediate 5, transverse voinlets 
formed by pellucid glands oblique; Jeaf-sheaths striate, ciliate on the edges, hairy on 
the sides with appressed stiff hairs ending in a narrow callus and short auricles bearing 
several stiff long folded bristles; ligule very short. 
Assam: collected by Masters at Dibrugarh, No. 1123. 
The Assamese name is Benti bans. Very little is known of this species. 
24. BAMBUSA MARGINATA, Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 114, 
i A | tall seandent bamboo. Culms- fistular, g'abrous, dark-coloured; . branches sub- 
sohtary or fasciculate, deflexed ; branchlets bracteate, geniculate, and twisted at Ше 
