BambtLsa] CXII. GR AMINE JE 669 



long, 1-1} in. diam., •nails thin. Culm-sheaths 5-6 in. long, top but little narrower 

 than the base, blade from a broadly cordate aurieulate and almost amplexicaul base 

 narrowed into a subulate point, middle portion thick, ribbed, lanceolate, outer mem- 

 branous, wing-like. L. pale, 4-9 by 1-H in., ending in a subulate hairy point, n. 

 18-21 on J in. Spikelets partly short, sterile, partly long fertile, in distant often 

 nearly globose heads, on long spikes, arranged in leafy panicles. Two to three fertile 

 fl. in the middle with 1—4 empty glumes at base and 1-2 imperfect fl. at the apex. 

 Kee] s of palea with minute cilia, ovary attenuated into a short style. L. resemble 

 Melocanna bambtuoidet, hut culm-sheaths quite different. Has been found in fl. 1850 

 and 1885. 



7. B. polymorpha, Munro; Gamble, t. 34. Vera. Kyalhaung-wa, Burm. Pegu Yoma 

 abundant above 600 ft. Eare in Martaban. Tufted, gregarious, culms (30-80 ft. high, 

 erect, lower part naked, upper part gracefully bent, the leaf-bearing branches in half- 

 whorls, iuternodes 12-30 in. long, 3-5 in. diam., walls thin, rings of rootlets at the 

 lower nodes. Culm-sheaths about J the length of joint, blade concave, mueronate, 

 extending below into elongate falcate auricles, fringed by strong pale-brown bristles. 

 I.. 1-6 by J-l in., n. 40-45 on J in. Spikelets sessile, clustered, i in. long, empty 

 glumes several, acuminate, often with a distinct blade separated from the sheath by a 

 hairy callus, fertile fl. 3, with a terminal imperfect fl. on a long slender rachilla, palea 

 not or verv slightlv filiate along the keels, anthers emarginate. style short. Flowers 

 at long intervals." Coll. in fl. by Dr. M'Clelland in Pegu in 1854. In 1856, '57, '58 

 I found it in leaf in the Pegu Toma. In 1859 it fld. on the west side of the Pegu 

 Yoma in its southern and I860 in its northern portion. Gamble in Ann. Calc. Gard. 

 vii. 87 states that flowering specimens were collected by me in the Zamayee forests 

 in 1862 and by Kurz in the Thaukyeghat forests in 1871, and (in Nature, vol. 70, 

 ]). 423) that since then flowers have been once reported from Bassein. To this Gamble. 

 BambuscK 1 , 37. refers Belua, Beng., and doubtfully Jai, Beng., both from Sylhet. Betua 

 was coll. in fl. Dec, 1889, in Silhet. 8. Specimens (fl. and seedlings) sent by Troup 

 from the Bawben forests, Pegu (Kyathaungtu-Thaiktu, Burin., similar to B. polymor- 

 pha and Tulda), come near to 7. Tufted, 50-60 ft., iuternodes 1J.-2 ft. long, densely 

 clothed with white silky hairs, walls 3 in. thick, often nearly solid, nodes with a ring 

 of rootlets like B. Tulda. Spikelets polished 3-1-fld. purple at the apex, palea not or 

 very slightly ciliate at the keels, lodicules broad, base fleshy, anthers purple, emar- 

 ginate. ovary obovoid, hairy, stigmas 8, long, plumose, sessile or nearly so. The 

 seedlings resemble those of B. Tulda, but the n. ar- -loser together, 39-15 on J in. 



(b) Culm-sheaths with small auricles or without auricles. 



9. B. afflnis, Munro. Vein. Thithe, Burm. : Wabui, Kar. In an old Taungya 

 between Wiinpa and the Bithoko range, Yunzalin (D.B. May, 1859). Tufted and 

 somewhat scrambling, iuternodes under 2 in. diam. L. 4-8 by J-l in., n. 33 on J in., 

 sheaths ribbed, perfectly glabrous, loose, baggy, not tightly enclosing the internode. 

 Spikelets sessile, coriaceous, polished, 1 in. long, supported by large bracts, in distant 

 clusters on long spikes, forming terminal leafy panicles. Empty glumes 4-8, not 

 ciliate, the lowest j in. long, often consisting of a distinct sheath and blade. Some 

 male and a few fertile fl.. palea much smaller than flowering glume, with very long 

 cilia in the upper half of keel. 7 nerves lietween keels. Ovary obovoid, glumes in tie- 

 lower portion. Kurz F. Fl. ii. 551 Btates thai B. affinis, Munro grows in the Eng 

 fovst of Martaban. east of the Sitang river, (iambic. Bambuseaa, 39, t. 86, identifies 

 with this a low Lush growing in the Calcutta Botanic Garden on th Ige of the 



ddy river bank. The specimens of this in Herb: Kew, however, have entirely 



different 1., lj in. wide, n. 18-21 on J in., with a different structure. The 1. -.-heaths 

 are sharply keeled and tightly appressed to the internode, and the ligule is large, in. 

 B. pallida, Mnn ro ; Gamble t. 86. Vera. ftAi, Lepcha; IHjU. Walktnai, Mahal, A--.: 



Uiken, Seikiett, tkhen, Kha-i: Gyatea, Burm.: Maipyu, Cachin. Indigenous in 

 Sikkini, Bhutan, up to C.ihhi ft., the Khasi, .laintia. and Naga hills, Bhanio district, 



in evergreen forest, Cultivated in Assam, 'he Khasi hills, and in the plains of 

 Eastern Bengal. Tufted, culms I 11 60 ft. high, olive-green, the young shoots covered 

 with white powder, internodes 18 B0 in. long. 2 8 in. diam. Culm-sheaths 7 12 in. 



long, blade as broad as, and Usually longer than sheath. 1.. Is in. lot 12 on 



i iii. Spikelets pale, 1 - 1 \ in. long, fert ile 11. 3 K, at tl ml 3 5 ini|>crfect 11. gradually 



decreasing in si/.-. Ovary gradually narrowed into a short hairy style. Gamble, 

 Bambuseaa 88, identifies with this Dendrocalamut criticus, Kurz, Kamlmlu Taung, 

 Pegu Yoma, 3.ihki ft. Qyavoa, Burm., is also applied to Tfoinottachyum Dvllooa, 

 Gamble 1 1 . b. nana, Roxb.; Gamble t. 88. A native of Japan, cultivated in India 

 and Burma, often as a hedge plant. Pulopinang tea, Burm. Densely tufted, culms 

 6 in ft. high, internodes s 16 in, long, .'.-l in. diam.. culm-sheaths glabrous, I 6 in. 

 long, green first, afterward- yellow, blade 2-8 in. long, hairy beneath, I. .2 I by \ in.. 

 a. 46 64 on i in. Spikelets sessile, distichous, J-1J in. long, many-fid., in a - 



