Arundinaria] CXII. GRAMIXE.E 6G7 



veins close together, forming squares or short rectangles with the n., fl. unknown. 

 L. similar to .1. tpathiflora, but the venation .juke different. 22. A. Rolloana, Gamble, 

 t. 28. Xaga hills 5-7,000 ft. Culms 8 ft. high, distant from creeping rhizomes, inter- 

 nodes 8-12 in. long, J in. diam. L. 6-8 by 1-1A in., n. 21-24 on J in. 23. Lading wa, 

 Burm. Hills east of Bhamo, 6,500 ft. (Montague Hill 188). Single-stemmed, erect, 

 culms 21 ft. high, f-l.J in. diam., nearly solid. L. 4-5 by i in., fine hairs on the 

 underside, n. 27-42 in. on J in., transv. veins mostly close, forming short rectangles 

 and squares with longitudinal nerves. Similar to A. elegans, Kurz, but reported to 

 be -ingle-stemmed. 



(b) Tufted. 



24. A. hirsuta, Munro; Gamble, t. 20. Vein. Ustoh, Khasi. Khasi and Xaga hills, 

 5-9,500 ft. Tufted, 3-8 ft. high (humilis. culmis spinosis, in tufts, Hook. f. in herb. 

 Kew, stems solitary from the rhizome, Gamble). 1. 2-7 by jj-lj in., n. 21-33 on J in., 

 transv. veinlets forming with the n. squares or horizontal rectangles, leaf-sheaths 

 clothed with long stiff hairs, auricles at the mouth bearing long stiff bristles. 25. A. 

 microphylla, Munro. Bhutan 6-10,000 ft. Gregarious, 2-4 ft. high, forming large 

 patches in wet places, 1. A-l by tV-£ in., the inner edge with very long pointed hairs, 

 appressed to the edge, n. 48 on J in., transverse veins forming squares and rectangles 

 with the n. 26. A. Gallatlyi, Gamble, t. 21. Muleyit 6,000 ft., Tenasserim. Gregarious, 

 Stems thin. 1. 3-1 by J-j in., whitish beneath, sheath with about 3 long stiff bristles 

 at the mouth (not seen). 



B. Transverse veins not conspicuous. 



27. A suberecta, Munro; Gamble, t. 24. Khasi and Jaintia hills, 3-5,000 ft., 

 gregarious by the river, stems densely tufted, erect, thin, 10-20 ft., internodes 6-10 in. 

 long, f\j in. diam., cavity very small. L. 2—1 by i-h in., n. 33-42 on J in. Specimens 

 coll. by fiustav Mann in 1889 on the banks of the Mahtedu river below Jowai 3,500ft. 

 (Lomlmniig) referred to this sp. by Gamble have 1. 3 by J in., n. 48-51 on } in. 28. A 

 Kurzii, < Gamble, t. 25. Coasts of Tenasserim. the nnly low-level sp. known from India. 

 L. very thin. 2-1 by J— fc in., on numerous long wiry filiform branchlets (not seen). 



2. PHYLLOSTACHYS. Sieb. et Zucc. : Fl. Brit. Ind. vii. 38G. 

 I'sually tufted, but the rhizome often with long creeping branches which 

 send up tufts of culms at a distance from the parent clump. Principal 

 branches flattened above the axillan- bud, hence angular, branches few 2-3) 

 from each node. L. tesselated with numerous prominent transverse veins, 

 forming squares with the n., sheath loose. The Indian species frequently 

 have the uppermost 1. apparently in pairs, the internodes between these 1. 

 being very short. Panicle terminal, leafy, spikelets sessile 1-4-fld., in the 

 axils of large imbricating bracts, the bracts often with a small leafy blade. 

 Empty glumes "2-8, palea 2-keeled, mauy-nerved, ofteu bimocronate, stamens 

 3, style long witli 3 long feathery stigmas. Species about 30, Eastern Asia. 



1. P. assamica, Gamble MSS. Mishmi hills, forming extensive patches covering 

 tie- hillside, 10-11 ft. high, makes excellent walking Sticks Griffith MSS. Xotes and 

 Journals, p. 88). Namdang, Lakhimpur district, Sadiya. Also cultivated near 

 Sibsagar. Culm-sheaths straw-colour, at the base of the narrow blade with narrow 

 ..IiImul' auricles, covered with long bristles, transverse veins prominent "ii tie' inside 



.if culm-sheaths. L. thin, linear-lai late, l-'i by J-f in.. |»'t. slender J in. long, 



n. 86-42 on J in., leaf-sheaths long bristly-ciliate at mouth. Fl. unknown. Following 

 Munro, Gamble in Bam buses united this with Phyllottachyi bambusoidet, Sieb. el Zucc; 



Gamble t. 27, but he has since infon 1 me that in his opinion the Indian plant is 



dist iie t , 



2 P. Mannli, Gamble t. 28. Cult, at Shillong, said to have lieen brought from 

 the Nftga hills. Cult, at Bernardmyo, Upper Burma, brought from China afai pang 

 pak imported Bamboo), Shan. Culm 15-20 ft. internodes up to 10 in. long and 1} in. 

 diam. Culm-sheaths thin, without aurioles at tie- apex, transverse veins not promi- 

 nent, ligule long-fimbriate. L. similar to 1. but thicker, and i»'t. longer J in. loi 

 leaf-sheaths with few or no bristles at mouth. 8. Similar to 2, and possibly identical 



are speoi us in leaf onl y Montague Hill 1!"> . II ills east ..f 11 ha mo. n.rit m » ft., Sldan, 



Km in. A small Bamboo, internodes 8 in. long, i in. diam.. used for pipe stems; the 

 stems are tl.it on one side, and some of the I. are in pairs, i-'t. Blender,} in. long, 

 ii 89 12 "ii ) in. To this I also am inclined t.. refer a specimen mentioned bj 

 Gamble undei Arundinaria tltgani, collected by J.Anderson on the Yunnan expedi- 

 tion at Poneshee in l^us, |. j in. wide. n. I"' on \ in. A specimen mentioned by 

 Gamble in the same place, collected bj G. Gallatlj 746 . Tenasserim 5,000 fl . 1 have 



nOl seen. 



