250 S. Kurz — Neio Burmese Plants, [No. 4, 



2-fidum sulcatum parce pilosa ; lodicula3 2, ciliatse ; stigmata alba ; anthert» 

 purpurea) ; caryopsis deest. — Ava, Martahan. — A. rUcemo^ce niinis affiiiis. 



295. B.iMBUSA (Dendbocalamus) longispatha, nov. sp. 

 Coospitosa, arborea, 40 — 60-pedalis, culmis brachium crassis, turionum 



vaginae longissimse, sursum culmum baud amplectentes, 1^ — 1\ ped. longse 

 appresse brunneo setosee, altero latere oris angustati auriculo brevi rotundato 

 nudo membranaceo auctse ; lamina imperfecta membranacea, reflexa ; lingula 

 eonspicua sed angusta, longe et grosse brunneo-setoso-fimbriata ; folia lan- 

 ceolata ad lineari-lanceolata, 6 — 8 poll, longa et f — 1 poll, lata, longe acu- 

 minata, brevissime petiolata v. subsessilia, supra prsesertim secus margiiies 

 scabriuscula glabrescentia ; subtus glaucescentia ; vaginae glabrae, ore nudo 

 paulum productse, ligula eonspicua, fimbriata ; spioulse minutae, truncatae, 

 2|- — 3 lin. longae, basi attenuatse, compactiuscule et divaricato-S-florse, dense 

 glomeratae, in spicas interruptas dein in paniculam amplam transformatas 

 collectse ; valvulae 2 inferiores vacuse v. gemmiparae, superiores 3 fertiles ; 

 valvula exterior fl. herm. obovato-orbicularis, acuta, 3 lin. fere longa, nitida, 

 valvula interior subaequilonga, anguste navicularis, secus carinas dorsi 

 concavo-depressi parce pilosa ; antherae luteae, mucronatae ; stylus longus, 

 persistens, breviter 2-fidus, stigmata purpurea ; ovarium et stylus hirsuti. — 

 Arracan, Pegu, Martahan. — Caryopsis Dendrocalami non est baccata nee 

 perigynio circumdata, sed epicarpium plane coriaceum v. subcrustaceum 

 nee membranaceum uti in Bambusa sensu stricto. 



296. Bambusa (Dendeocalamus) calostachta, nov. sp. 

 Arborea, caespitosa ; vaginae ramorum novellorum appresse fuscc-setosge, 



ore truncatse, marginibus albo-ciliatis ; ligula integra v. subintegra, angusta ; 

 folia larga, lato-lanceolata, J — 1 ped. longa, 2 — 1 poll. lata, basi rotundata, 

 breviter (vix lin. long.) petiolata, acuminatissima, marginibus et supra apicem 

 versus scabra, subtus molliter puberula ; vaginae glabra ? conspicue albo- 

 ciliatae, ore non productae ; lingula eonspicua, integra erosa v. fimbriata ; 

 spiculse lato-oblongae, compressiusculjje, -| poll, longae v. paulo longiores, 

 7 — 8~florae, glomeratte, spicas interruptas dein in paniculam amplam trans- 

 formatas efficientes ramulis plus minus puberulis ; valvulae 2 infimae abbre- 

 viatae. vacuae, sequentes omnes fertiles ; valvula exterior fl. herm. lato-ovata, 

 c^ 4 — 5 lin. longa, acuta, Isevis ; valvula interior naviculari-oblonga, acuta 

 (ea florum inferiorum etiam obtusa), basi subattenuata, exteriore brevior, 

 dorso puberula v. raro subglabra, secus margines et carinas albo-ciliata ; 

 antherae luteae, longiuscule et laevi-mucronatae ; filamenta libera ; ovarium 

 cum stylo longo hirsutum ; stigma simplex, purpureum ? lodiculae 1 v. 2, 

 lanato-fimbriatae, minutae. — Ava, — B, latiflorcd {Dendrocalamus — ILimro) 

 valde affinis. 



297. Bambusa (Dendrocalamus) critica, nov. sp. 



Arborea, caespitosa, 15 — 30-pedalis, culmis 1 — 3 poll, crassis, junioi'ibus 



