Dendrocalamus] CXII. GKAMIN'E.E 67"i 



the culm. The Burmese name indicates the resemblance of this swelling to 

 an eye. L. glabrous, but rough beneath, on vigorous shoots up to 18 by 5 in., 

 on ordinary branches smaller, u. 18-28 on \ in., transverse veius faintly 

 visible, leaf-sheaths with sriti' appressed hairs, ligule long, oblique. Like 

 D. strictu8, this species flowers sporadically and at times gregariously. Fl. 

 heads semiglobose, ,',-H in. diam., supported by broad leathery shining bracts, 

 on a srout very hollow rachis 1-3 in. apart. Spikelets glabrous, purple, ovate, 

 J in. long, glumes broad, apiculate, longciliate along the edges, empty "2-3, 

 fertile 2—4, anthers purple on louir glabrous filaments, ovary and style hairy. 

 Caryopsis broadly ovoid, \ in. long, beaked, hairy at apex. 



iwhal 4,000 ft. (indigenous ?). East Himalaya, lower hills and valleys, ascend- 

 ing to 3,000 ft. Assam. Garo, Khasi and Naga hills. Burma, Upper and Lower. 

 ly near streams ami in hollows, ascending to 3,000 ft. Cultivated in the Dunsand 

 ■ hills of the North-West Himalaya, north as far as Kangru. Bambiua Fahoneri, 

 Munro, was based upon the ]. of this anil fl. of Bambino nutans, i. Allied to :!. but 

 quite different i- ll'^'... . . a valuable large Bamboo, found in cool valleys and on the 

 high evergreen Kachin hills in the Katha district, fl.. 1.. and notes sent by the late 

 M •-- i . after whom it should be named, when more perfectly known. Tufted, 

 culms 85-100 ft. high, internodes 12-21 in. long, 5 in. diam.. walls ij-l in. thick. 

 branches all the way up. near the base thickly set and sometimes 20 ft. long, con- 

 spicuous rings of arrested rootlets for 8-10 ft. from the ground, buds of undeveloped 

 branches smaller and less prominent than in 3. Culm-sheaths 1>> in. long, ligule 

 in. broad, blade as long as sheath, blade and ligule hairy. L. 8-9 by 1 in.. 

 on { in. Spikelets ; in. long, numerous in dense nearly globose heads, branches 

 of inflorescence very hollow, up r.> \ in. diam. Glumes glabrous, edges minutely 

 ciliate, the 2 loi y. fl. s-lu, of which the lowest are usually J. Ovary broad, 



entirely hairy. 5. D. patellaris, Gamble, t. 7o. Vern. Pagjiak, Lepcha; Fulung, 

 Mikir Bills. Sikkim and British Bhutan 2-5,000 ft. Mikir and Naga Hills. Tufted, 

 culms 20-30 ft. hifjh, internodes 12-18 in. long, 1-lj in. diam., walls thin, a bn 

 softly hairy ring below the nodes. Culm-sheal - pers stent, 10-12 in. long, upper part 

 narrowed and furnished with a pale long-fimbriate fringe, ligule conspicuous, fringed 

 lik" the sheath. L. 8-16 in. long, n. 20-30 on i in. Fl. similar to 3, but sometimes 1 

 or 2 lodicules. 



I> Spikelets acute, culm-sheaths usually very hairy. 



6. D. Hookeri, Munro: Gamble, t. 78. Sikkim (Tili bam, Nep.; Patu, Lepcha). 

 Daphla Hills 2-3,000 ft. Khasi and Jaintis hills (Sieijong), Bhamo. Cultivated 

 Naini Tal, ECumaon (E. E. Fernandez 1881). Tufted, branches overhanging. 

 ' 50-60 .. naked below, internodes 18-20 in. long, diam. l-'» in., walls 1 in. thick. 



Culm-sheaths gradually narrowed from a broad base to a truncate top, 8-12, blade 

 3-7 in. -long. L. 12 15 by 2-3 in., pet. short, n. L8-26 on } in. Spikelets often 

 minutely pubescent, \ in. long, in d - .ids |-1 in. diam., rachis \ in. diam.. 



hollow, but walls firm. D. Pm-ishii, Munro: Gamble, t. 82, probably belongs to this 



-I ies, but spikelets glabrous. 7. D. sikkimensis, Gamble, t. 7_'. Vern. Pugriang, 



na ; Wadah, Car... Sikkim and Bhutan, I 6,000 ft. Tina peak, Garo hills. 

 Tufted, but culms few, 50 7" ft. high, naked below, internodes Is n. i 7 in. 



diam., walls thick. Culm-sheaths 12 in. long, densely cloth.nl with a dark golden- 

 brown felt of matted hairs, blade decurrent on eaoh side- into a large long-Frit 

 auricle. I.. 6-12 by if. '■'< in., strigose beneath with long appressed hairs, n. 20-24 on 

 J in., in specimens cult, at !<••" as low as L2, leaf-sheaths glabrous, shining, keeled, 

 ligule short hairy. Spikelets j -, in. long in dense red-brown globose heads 11 in. 

 diam. Grain obovoid, with a fen hairs at a|H-\. 



C. Spikelets usually few exceptions: D. Brandisii, Collettianua, and 16), 



in small heads, rachis of spike usually solid. 



■ / Spikelets short, \ iii. long and less. 



8. D. long-ispathus, Km/.: Gamble, t. 78. Vern. Ora, Chittagong ; 

 Klmni/, I'.eng.: W'ni/ii, sometimes Talagu-tca, Wanet, Barm. 



Tufted, calms 60 ft., glaucous or nearly white when young, lower half 

 naked, often with a ring of rootlets al the nodes, internodes l v 30 in. long, 

 3 a in. diam.. walls ', in. thick, node Line horizontal, undulate, hardly thick- 

 ened. Culm-shoat hs densely clothed on the outside with dark almost black 

 stinging hairs, thin, fragile, but long persistent. 14-36 in. long, overlapping 



