ADDENDA 719 



I'. 'Us. Nipa fruticans. The midrib of leaflets on the underside has (attached by the 

 middle; a number of soft linear brown scales. 



P. 650. P/ectocomia macrostachya. The range of mountains mentioned in connection 

 with this and other species in this book, and called Bitlioko in my time, separates the 

 Yunzalin from the Metharauk and further south the Yuuzalin from the Sahveen river. 

 3e .Map appended to Selections from Records Govt, of India, Foreign Dept. XXIX. 

 1861). Mr. Manson informs me that the correct name is Bu-so-kho. 

 P. 650. D.emo.\'oroi>s. Leaf-rachis mostly produced into a long flagelluin. 

 D. ilrniii. Leaf-sheaths sparingly armed, spines short, recurved, 

 It Eiurztanu*, Becc. Pegu. Tenasserim. Leaves dark green. 

 Add : Plectocomiopsis geminiflorus, Becc. Tenasserim. 

 .. 651. Calamus arborescens. Bassein. Pegu. 

 „ 653. C. viminalit. Mandalay. 



„ „ C. longisetus. Vern. Knabaung or Thabaung, Burm. G. Sogers reports an 

 erect species on the Andamans. otherwise similar to C. longisetus. 

 P. 653. ''. Doriazi. Mandalay. 



„ .. I. andamanicus. Leaflets usually alternate. • 



„ 651. ' '. palustris. Less armed thau C. lalijblius, short scattered spines on leaf- 

 rachis. 



I'. ti.M. Add: The following three climbing imperfectly-known kinds, the leaf-rachis 

 without flagellum, are according to G. Rogers exported as rattans from the Anda- 

 mans: 85. C. pseudorivalis, Beee. Vern. China bet. Leaflets equidistant, leaf-sheaths 

 unarmed, saccate at the top. Stems 50-80 ft. long, canes without sheaths J-J in. 

 diam., split readily, used for cane furniture. 36. A cane also called China bet, but 

 leaf-sheaths armed with numerous broad stiff flat spines up to § in. long. H7. Vern. 

 Safi 'I Kupri. Leaflets fascicled, does not split, not used for making cane furniture. 



P. 654. Korthalsia laciniosa. I ■. Rogers reports a second s] ies from the Andamans. 



Ochrea (ligule) 1-2 in. long, closely clasping the stem, leaves, leaflets and spikelets 

 smaller, fr. much larger thau that of A", laciniosa. 

 P. 655. Wallichia densiflora. Assam. 



.. 655. Nannorhops Ritchieana. Vern. Patha, S. W. Punjab. 

 .. 656. Livistona tpeciosa. Chittagong. 



Licuala pelt at a. Fr. orange. 

 „ .. /.. tpinosa. Trunk smooth. Fr. red, nearly globose, J in. diam. (Rogers). 

 .. 659. Pandanut Leram. Discovered and described by Nicolas Fontana in 1778. 

 Aerial i"ois8-10ft. long. 



P. 667. Add : Phyllostachys, No. 1. Hills north of Papun, generally near streams. 

 F. B. Manson. April 1905. Vein. Bawa, Burm.: Mepwi, Ear. Single-stemmed, but 

 forming large dense patches. Culms 12-20, sometimes up to 80 ft. [nternodes 5-9 in. 

 long, 1 in. diam. L. often apparently in pairs. !-"> by k in., pet. slender, } in. long, 

 ligule with deciduous bristles, n. 36-40 on J in., transverse veins forming squares mil 

 rectangles with i he nerve-. Leaves similar to Phyllostachys X>> ::. 

 1'. o7J. Gigantochloa macrostachya. A further examination of the |1. specin 

 collected by me in 1862, which were kindly lent me by the Royal Hot. Gardens 



Calcutta, and a comparison with fl, -| [mens of Oxytenanthera nigrociliata from 



diilei'eiit localities has convinced me thai this species is an Oxytenanthera and should 

 be called 0. macrostachya. Gamble's tab. 60 shows the palea of 0. nigrociliata with 

 an entire pointed apex, and tic style bifid, while tab. 54 '>'. macrostachya) has the 

 apex of palea bidentate and tie- style en t ire. I find palea and style in both sp 

 alike : t lie pales i- ;iK'..i\- bidentate, though in a young state the tee( h may not have 

 separated. The style i- neither bifid, nor trifid (Munro, Trans. Linn. Soo. X X V 1 . 129 . 



it i- densely clothed with short stiff hairs in the greater porti t it- length, and 



with Ion:.' -oft often branched papillae near the apex. The character, given for 

 Oxytenantliera, thai the uppermost palea is only slightly or not at all keeled, cannot, 



ding to my experience, 1"- depended upon Kurz. F. PI. II. 555, placed all 



Burmese Oxytenanthera* in Gigantochloa, and as this is the older name, it may 



eventually be righ I to follow him. From 0. nigrociliata this -] iea differs by the 



iii ' band al the apex of culm-sheath on Imth side- ,.f the blade, described by 

 Km/ aol figured on Gamble's t. 54, and the numerous long cilia al the mouth of 

 leal -heat h. 



P. 672 b Vabindaing, Burm. Wabgai, Karen. Yunzalin vallej above Papun and 

 on the head-waters of tie- B river in Martaban. Specimens collected bj 



l B Vfanson, ^.pril 1906 (received in November) have J fl. only, without an; 

 ovary, Spikelets polished, lanceolati I i d. long, in small fascicles of 2-8 spikelets, 

 -up; eous polisl -i J in. long. Glumes glabrous, noi ciliate 



on ih Iges empty 2. flowering I 5: glumes ,'. palea j j Ln, long. Anthers '■. 



glabrous, bidentate at the tip, sagittate al base, with very short filaments, seated on 

 a flesh j torus. Palea ciliate and obtuse at apex, with 5 longitudinal nerves between 

 the densely ciliate keel-, lodicules none. Culm- 10-60 ft high, lower half naked 



