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When completed the weapon is fairly rigid, and if held out horizon- 
tally by the mouth-piece end, shows little or no flexion. It is usually 
ornamented with a few incised patterns at either end, but often this is 
confined to the short length of bamboo at the mouth-piece. 
An attempt was made in 1891, at the suggestion of Sir Hugh Low, 
G.C.M.G., to send live plants of this bamboo to Kew Gardens. In the 
following year another attempt was made, but again without success. 
Botanical specimens were, however, collected and ‘sent to Kew, and the 
following description of the plant is taken from the Kew Bulletin, No. 
73, January, 1893 (pp. 14-17). 
“40. BAMBUSA WRAVI, Stapf—(Graminee) ; alte scandens, culmo 
superne tenuissimo nutante sape usque ad solum flexo inermi, interno- 
diis flavidis glabris teretibus nitidis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis longe et 
augustissime accuminatis basi rotundatis lzevibus glabris, nervis secun- 
dariis utringue 7-8, vaginis striatis pallidis glabris, ligula truncata breai 
pilis 3-6 lin. longis deciduis ciliata panicula nuda vel apicem versus 
foliosa a basi ramosissima ramis aut abbreviatis arcte congestis verticillatis 
aut semi-verticillatis vel elongatis, spiculis laxius dissitis vel szepius fasci- 
culatim congestis, fertilibus paucis, glumis gradatim increscentibus infimis 
2 vacuis ovatis sequentibus: 2-3 plerumque- gemmiparis lanceolatis acumi- 
natis tenuiter coriaceis Opacis marginibus ciliatis, florifera rachillam tenuem 
elongatam gemmulam rudimentarium gerentem eguante vel subzquante, 
palea submembranacea gluma sua paulo breviore superne bicarinata in 
carinis asperula vel ciliata in sulco dorsali rachillam productam et rudi- 
mentum recipiente, lodiculis obovatis ciliatis subaequalibus, antheris 6 
glabris basi sagittatis muticis, ovario oblongo sensim in stylum brevem 
attenuato, stigmatibus tribus tenuis plumosis, caryopside (immatura) e 
basi oblonga in rostrum brevem cylindricum attenuata. 
“ Habitat—Mt. Gunong Inas, at the source of the Selama River, 
and at the source of the Plus River, 4,500-5,500 feet., L. Wray Jr. 
(Perak Museum Herb., Fl. Malay Pen., No. 4166). 
‘““Culmus 40-60 ped. altus, basi circa 1 poll. crassus, internodio 
tertio vel quarto interdum ad 7 ped. longo. /o/za 8-10 poll. longa, 
10-13 lin. lata. Panicula a 5-8 poll. ad 3 ped. longa. Spricule 6-9 
lin. longe. Glume infime ad 43 lin. longe. Ovarium vix 1 lin. 
longum, stigmatibus 14-2 lin. longis. 
“This species, like B. Grifithtana, Munro, is closely allied to 
Nastus, so far as the composition of the spicula is concerned. The 
fertile spicula begins with an empty bicarinate glume which is pressed 
against the relative primary axis. Then follow I-2, empty, and 2-3, 
mostly bud-bearing glumes, which increase in size and are, except the 
lowermost, but indistinctly unicarinate ; above these is. the single fertile 
glume Aa a rudimentary bud borne by a long pedicel, a prolonged 
menede of the axis of the spicula. Siomncannes the bade (gemmez) 
grow into sterile spiculz almost the length of the primary one. ‘They 
Ales begin with a bicarinate glume, Seren is followed by closely set 
ecarinate glumes, increasing insize up to a certain point, thence 
