Cephalostachyum] CXII. GRAMIXE.E 681 



whorled branchlets, palea bifid at apex. ii. C. latifolium, Munro: Gamble, t. 

 Bhutan. Manipur. shrubby, calms 6-10 ft. high, culm-sheaths thin papery. L. 

 10-16 by 2-1 in., n. 15-21 mi J in. Fl.-heads globose, up to 2 in. diam. Caryopsis la \ 



chestnut-brow.n, shining, ovoid, not grooved, J-j in. long, pericarp crustai us, nol 



adhering to the testa, embryo not visible on the outside. 7. C. Fuchsianum, Gamble, 

 t.94. British Bhutan, 6-8,000 ft., in dense thickets with Plectocomia. Daphla hills. 

 Semiscandent, culms small, soft, thin-walled, culm-sheaths thin, top concave, sinus 

 fringed, 12, blade 6 8 in. long., subulate, reflexed. L. ovate-lanceolate, 8-14 by 2-4 in., 

 ii. L5-21 on ] in., thi- leaves immediately below the fl.-head shorter. Long white 

 - les "ii top and margin of leaf-sheath. Fl. in globose terminal ln-ads. _' in. diain.. 

 <>r in a short densely-packed spike of superposed heads. 



11. DINOCHLOA, Base: PL Brit. India vii. 414. 



Evergreen, climbing, culms zigzag, geniculate. Transverse veins often 

 visible on tlie underside of the dry leaf. Spikelets minute 1-fld., with 1—4 

 empty glumes, palea convolute, not keeled, lodicules 0. Fr. ovoid, mucronate. 

 Dr. Stapf has kindly informed me that the mature seed of D. Tjcmkorreh t 

 which is enclosed in a leathery pericarp (fleshy while immature) has no 

 endosperm, but consists mainly of a large and hard scutellum, traversed by 

 fibro-vascular strands, its cells having much thickened walls. Species 3, 

 possibly 5. 



1. D. andamanica, Kurz.— Syn. D. TJankorrek, Biise, var.atnlamaniea, (Gamble, t. iiS. 

 Andamaus the mosf generally distributed Bamboo in the islands). Xicobars. Cuims 

 ... green, glossy, up to 800 ft. long, creeping along the ground (rooting at. the 

 nodes or climbing over the tallest trees. Branches geniculate, single, as long and as 

 stout as the culm, from which they spring, branchlets slender, numerous, in whorls, 

 hanging down with their dense foliage. New main branehi's develop annually, at 

 first leafless, curved, tendril -like, later in the season covering themselves with a dense 

 ol foliage, which hangs down from the support ing trees and eventually smothers 



them. Where no large tree, e\ist. this Baml forms an impenetrable tangled mass, 



lading over shrubs and saplings. Interuodes !>-in in. long, 1 in. diam., walls thin, 

 rulm-sheaths green, less than one-fourth the lengtl of internodes, as well as culms 

 covered, while young, with a fugacious white bloom, bind,- leafy, deciduous, nearly as 

 broad as sheath. L. 9 12 bj 2 Sin., n.18 24 od J in., upper side polished, ligule short, 

 entire. Panicle terminal, narrow, often leafy, spikelets minute, glossy, straw-coloured. 

 The Malayan I). Jjemleorreh, Buse, Munro. Bambnsacese, t. .">. has smaller leaves and 

 the nerves closer together, 'J7-oti on } in., ligule often long, fimbriate. The fr. is 



described as fleshy, ,', in. diam. or more. The fr. of the Andaman >| ies is unknown. 



2. D. M'Clellandi, Kurz. F. Fl. ii. r>71 : Gamble, t. 99. Vera. Wanwi, Burm., Chittagong. 



Pegu V a. common on slopes with northerly aspect, chiefly where the heads of the 



si rata crop out. Ma rt a ha u. Tenasserim, Evergreen, climbing over tall trees and 

 forming extensive thickets, culms greyish-green, while young silvery from minute 

 appressed fugacious bristles, internodes 3 I ft. long, up to 1 in. diam.. walls thin, 

 branches often single. Culm-sheaths more or less persistent, shorter t ban internodes, 

 rounded at the month and bordered by a thickened, polished green margin, blade 

 leafy, often longer than sheath. L. 12— 15 by 2 1 in., n. 12 21 on j in. Fl. not known. 

 Tie- i. are very similar to tho i Teinostachyum Helferi, Gamble. Two species, of 



which the B. arc unknown, placed bj Munro under Bambuta, may possibly, when 



perfectly studied, find their place in Dinochloa, as suggested by Gamble for one 

 of them. 1. B. Mastersil, Munro. Vern. Bentibans, \--m. Dibrugarh, Assam. An 

 extensive climber, like Calamus Rotang, I. pi 18 bj 1 '. in., n, 21 27 on { in. 2. 

 B. Marginata, Munro. Vern. Wami, Karen. I 1 between Thaungyin and 



Haundrow, 5,000 ft. D.B. April 1859. A climber, interlacing stems and branches of 

 oak and ilnstinii. trees, culms dark coloured, branches almost solitary. I.. 6 7 by 



1 i[ in., tl Iges in the upper part densely shaggy, with long silky hairs, n. 24 27 



on | in. 



12. MELOCALAMUS, Benth. ; PL Brit. Ind. vii. W9. 



M. compactiflorus. Benth. The only species. Gamble, t. 24. Syn. 



Pseudostachyum compactiflorum, Kurz, Ind For. i. t. ii. Eg. 13; P. PL ii. 



667. Vern. Daral, Beng. ; Latha, Cachar; Lota, Chitt.; Wanted, Burm.; 

 Nachinwa, Kachin. 



Loosely tufted, Bpr ling and climbing over tall 1x668, Culms 50 90 ft. 



long, nearly soli. I. internodes [2 24 in. long, diam. .'. -I \ in. Culm-sheaths 



