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about 6, the pellucid glands forming apparently transverse veinlets; leaf-sheaths striate, 
pubescent when young, ending in a large glabrous callus, and produced at the mouth 
where furnished with few long deciduous cili ; ligule long, conspicuous in young branches, 
acuminate, fimbriate especially on one side, in older ones truncate. Inflorescence a 
huge, much-branched panicle, with long, spicate, flagelliform branches, bearing bracteate 
heads “5 to ‘7 in. in diameter, of many small spikelets, the ends of the branches bearing 
only lanceolate bracts; rachis densely pubescent, flattened on one side, segments 1 to 
19 in. long. Spikelets -2 to "З in long, nearly as broad, ovate, depressed, minutely 
pubescent ; empty glumes 1 to 2, broadly ovate, mucronate, nearly glabrous; flowers 2 
to 4; flowering glume similar, prominently few-nerved, ciliate on the edges, hairy near the 
tip; palea oblong, acute or bi-mucronate, ciliate on the keels, side wings narrow, 
membranous, 3-nerved. Lodicules 1 or 2, lanceolate or spathulate, 3-nerved, long-ciliate, 
often wanting. Stamens exserted; anthers greenish-yellow, short, broad, apiculate or 
_ penicillate ; filaments short, thick at first. Ovary ellipsoid, Бату; style short, ending 
in a thick club-shaped plumose зйута, or dividing into two plumose stigmas; stigmas 
purple. Caryopsis ovoid, “1 to 2 in., hairy above, tipped with the persistent style, 
pericarp crust . Вамвџва Branvisu, Munro in Trans. Linn, Кос. xxvi. 109. 
Tropical forests of the eastern slopes of the Pegu Yoma and of the Martaban 
hills up to 4,000 ft., extending northwards to the Ruby Mines district, chiefly on 
calcareous rocks. Collected by Brandis in 1862, by Kurz in 1871 and by J. W. 
Oliver in 1890 and 1894 (on the Mogók road, Ruby Mines district, 3,000 ft.) 
This splendid bamboo is often confused with the somewhat similar 0. giganteus 
and, like it, is sometimes called Wabo (Burmese). It is also known as Kyellowa, waya, 
wapyu (Burmese) Wakay (Karen) It is easily recognized from 1. giganteus by the 
much smaller spikelets, and culms which, though not so large in diameter, have thicker 
walls. The culm-sheaths are very similar. It so much resembles D. flagellifer that I 
am of opinion that the two may prove eventually to be one species. 2. Brandisii 
has fewer spikelets in the heads and а rather more hairy rachis, with the leaves 
more rounded at the base, otherwise I find no difference. Munro, who noticed the 
similarity, says D. flagellifer has по lodicules, but I have found them, although they 
certainly are not common.  J. W. Oliver says it is used for building. It is said to 
flower sporadically and not to die off after flowering; but Oliver says that flowering 
clumps which he has observed showed every appearance of being about to die. 
Рът No. 79.—Dendrocalamus Brandisti, Kurz. 1, leaf-branch; 2, part of 
flower-panicle—of natural size; 8, culm-sheaths—much reduced; 4 & 5, leaf-sheaths and 
ligules; 6, spikelet; 7, flowering glume; 8, palea; 9 & 10, lodicules; 11, - ; 12, 
ovary and stigmas; 13, caryopsis—enlarged (Nos. 3 and 4 from J. W. Oliver's speci- 
men; rest from Kurz’ specimens.) 
1l. DEÉNDROCALAMUS FLAGELLIFER, Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 150. 
A tall us Wen Culms tall; internodes of young stems farinose. Leaves large, 
oblong-acuminate, 10 to 14 in. long, 1°5 to 2:3 in. broad, glabrous above, except the 
minute scabrous teeth on the veins towards the margin, rough below, sometimes with 
long hairs on the midrib, edges scabrous; attenuate at the base into а '2 to 8 in. 
petiole which is sometimes scabrous-hirsute, ending above in a twisted scabrous point; 
Axy. Вот. Bor. Garp. Carcurra, Vor. ҮП, 
