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Bengal, | | 
, а North- Central | Western "eee Мајауа 
Хо. NAME. Western India and | Gháts and | Ceylon. а-ы > Вигша. | and 
n eccan. Coast. pe А уа, Andamans. 
Assam. 
1 2 | 3 4 5 6 7 | 8 | 9 
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1 Melccanna bambusoides, Trin, —- К ВА i А 1 1 А 
108 T „amilis, Kur й кф ese - "» | - 1 ins 
109 | Ochlandra Rheedii, Bth. & Hk. f. ei ~ ~ 1 - es 4 
110 in idula Th A E е s 1 a eu 
111 E: Beddomei, Gamble 1 ven Ве 
12 is travancorica 1 ese s 
113 = Brandisii, Gamble 1 ы ex 
114 и Ridleyi, Gamble e n 1 
115 » setigera, Gamble 1 е не 
Total indigenous ... 7 6 15 9 46 39 39 
» naturalized 4 ен 1 1 3 
Свахр Тотал, ors 11 6 16 | 10 49 42 31 
In region (1), Nortu-West INprá, the chief bamboo is Dendrocalamus strictus, 
Which is found in forest regions throughout the area, dp to about 3,000 feet in the 
hills. In Bihar and Gorukhpur, Bambusa Ваісооа is common about villages. 
In the Himalaya there are four species of drundinaria, of which the most abundant 
are A. falcata and А. spathiflora. Commonly planted everywhere is the thorny 
Bambusa arundinacea, while B. nutans, Dendrocalamus Hamiltonii, апа D. Hookeri 
are cultivated in the lower hills and the plains adjoining. In all there are 11 
species, 7 wild and 4 acclimatized. 
In region (2), CENTRAL INDIA AND THE Deccan, two species are prominent: 
Dendrocalamus strictus on the drier hill slopes and in drier plains forests, and Bambusa 
arundinacea in the hill valleys, along the rivers and (in a stunted form) on waste 
lands near the eastern coast. Bambusa Tulda occurs in the hills of the Eastern 
Ghats in Vizagapatam and Godavari districts ; Dendrocalamus sericeus on the hill of 
Parasnáth in Chota Nagpur; Cephalostachyum pergracile in the Singhbhum forests ; 
and Олуѓепапіћега nigrociliata in Orissa. There are six species in all. 
Region (3), тнк WzsrERN Guats AND Coast, is characterized by the prevalence 
of the genera Omyftenanthera and Ochlandra. Of the former genus, four species 
occur, the chief of which is Oxytenanthera Thwaitesii ; while of the latter there are 
five species, the most striking of which is the gregarious reed-like Ochlandra travan- 
corica, remarkable for its large flowers and huge fruits. On the higher hills are 
found three species of Arundinaria, the most common of which is A. уана, 
so prevalent on the Nilgiri Hills. Teinostachyum Пони is found in the dense 
forests of the Western Ghats. Bambusa arundinacea and В. vulgaris are frequent 
along the Malabar Coast and in the valleys leading into it. The number of 
species is 16, of which one is acclimatized only. ian | 
In region (4), Свугох, nine indigenous and one acclimatized species are found, 
only four of which are really endemic, viz., the two Arundinarias А. debilis and 
- Ахх. Вот. Bor. Garp. Carcurra, Vor. VII. 
