INDIAN ВАМВОЗЕЖ; GAMBLE. 67 
(all from Griffith’s specimen, No. 3 four times enlarged); 15, ovary with stigmas (from - 
Ridley's specimen). 
7. GIGANTOCHLOA LIGULATA, л. sp. Gamble. 
Culms and culm-sheaths not known. Leaves 12 to 16 іп. long, 2 to З in. broad, oblong- 
lanceolate, unequal at the base and unequally attenuate into and decurrent into a 
'2 to '3 in. long, flat petiole, wrinkled at base; acuminate above in a scabrous point 
with reflexed edges; smooth above, except the scabrous points on the marginal veins, 
pale beneath and smooth, except the scabrous tip; scabrous on one margin; main vein 
broad, yellow .beneath, secondary veins 12 to 14 pairs, intermediate 6 to 7, pellucid 
glands many, giving the appearance of transverse veinlets beneath, these being very 
conspicuous when young; /eaf-sheuths smooth, shining, brown, striate, ending in a cushion- 
like, shining, rounded, often ciliate callus and produced at the mouth to meet the ligule; 
ligule up to 1 in. long, glabrous, bifid in two long, acuminate, membranous lobes. 
Inflorescence a long terminal panicle of spicate branchlets bearing distant heads on leafy 
branches; heads. with 5 to 8 fertile spikelets, in the axils of long, yellow, stramineous 
bracts; bracts glabrous, "5 to 15 in. long, ending in a truncate mouth which is furnished 
with round, dark, naked auricles and long-fimbriate ligules; rachis fistular, glaucous, 
smooth in the lower half, minutely pubescent with white hairs in the upper, lower joints 
3 in. long, gradually decreasing to about *5 in. at the summit. Spikelets “б to "8 in. long, 
conical, acuminate, with 2 to 4 empty glumes, 3 to 4 fertile flowers and 1 terminal 
imperfect flower; empty glumes ovate, acute, mucronate, many-veined, long brown ciliate 
on the margins; flowering glume similar but longer and more mucronate ; palea shorter 
than flowering glume, 2-keeled, long ciliate on the keels, blunt or  bi-mucronate, 
5-nerved on the back. Jodicules none. Stamens exserted, tube thickened аб first, 
afterwards membranous; anthers long, narrow, apiculate, hairy at tip. Ovary depressed, 
ovate, shining, hairy, long-stalked, ending in a slender style and short plumose stigma. 
Caryopsis not known. 
Malaya : collected at Kuala Wok in Perak by L. Wray, Jr, (No 845) and by 
H. N. Ridley at Kwala Pahan in Pahang in 1891 (No. 5597). This must be a splendid 
bamboo, judging from the specimens of the leaves and inflorescence. It is called. Bulu 
telor, and in many respects resembles 6. Kurzii, but differs notably in the much larger 
leaves and longer spikelets, the long ligules, and the hairy rachis. 
PrarE Хо, 58.—Gigantochloa T Gamble. 1, part of leaf branch; 2, part of 
flower branch—a// of natural size; 3, spikelet ; 4, empty glume; 5, flowering glume ; 
6, palea; 7, staminal tube and anthers; 8 & 9, ovary with style and stigma-—en/arged 
_ (from L. Wray’s specimens). 
8. GIGANTOCHLOA LATISPICULATA, п. sp. Gamble. 
A large bamboo. Culms about 50 ft. high.  Culm-sheaths not known. Leaves pale, 
12 to 14 in. long, 1 to 14 in. broad, lanceolate, attenuate at the base and decurrent into 
а '2 08 in. long petiole; glabrous on both sides, smooth, except the scabrous points on 
marginal veins; main vein shining, prominent, secondary veins 8 to 9 pairs very 
inconspicuous, intermediate 6 to 7; leaf-sheaths smooth, glabrous, keeled, ending іп a 
ANN. Roy, Bor. Garp. CALCUTTA, Vor, VII. 
