Oct 15, 3929.] Revision of the Flora of the Bombay Presidency 773 



106. Oxyten ANTHER a, Munro ; Cke. ii, 1047. 



Species 16. — Malay Peninsula, Siam, India, tropical Africa. — 2 in the 

 Bombay Presidency. 



1. Spikelets 1-flowered ; style glabrous ... 1. O. Ritcheyi. 



2. Spikelets 2-flowered ; style hairy ... ... 2. O. Stocksii. 



1. Oxytenanthera Ritcheyi, nov.comb.—Bambusa Ritcheyi, Munro in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc. 26 (1868), 113. — Oxytenanthera monosiigma, Bedd. For. Man. in Fl. 

 Sylv. (1873) ccxxxiii, et Ic. PI. Ind. Or. (1874), 56, t. 234 ; Gamble Ind. Bam- 

 bus (1896), 74, t. 65 ; Brandis Ind. Trees (1911), 674 ; Talbot For. Fl. Bombay 

 ii (1911), 571; Camus Bambusees (1913), 148 ; Troup Silvic\ Ind. Trees iii 

 (1921), lOOQ.'^ScMsestachyum hindostanicum, Kurz in Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 52, 

 ii (1873), 252. 



Why we made the change from O. tn&nostigma to O . Ritcheyi is evident 

 from the synonymy. 



Description : Cke. ii, 1048. 



Locality : Konkan : Ghats (Talbot, Woodrow).— Deccan : Sakhar-Pathar 

 Hill near Lonavla (Woodrow) ; Satara Ghats (Brandis) ; Mahableshwar 

 (Fagan.) ; Poona District (Wroughton) ; Ahmednagar (Wilkins). — S. M. 

 Country : (Ritchie 820). — Kanara : N. Kanara (Woodrow) ; Wuddermone 

 (Talbot 905 !, 252 !) ; Arbail Ghat (Talbot 906 !■) ; Arbail (Talbot 251 !, 857 !) ; 

 Godhuli (Talbot 583 !) ; Snpa (Talbot !). 



Distribution : W. Peninsula. 



2. Oxytenairthera- Stocksii, Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi (1868), 130, 

 Bedd. For. Man. in Fl. Sylv. (1873), ccxxxiii ; Gamble Bamb. Brit. Ind. 75, 

 t. 66, et in Hook. f. F.B.I, vii, 403 ; Cke. ii, 1048 ; Talbot For. Fl. Bombay ii. 

 570 ; Camus Les Bambusees (1913), 149. 



Description : Cke. ii, 1048. 



Locality : Konkan : (Stocks). — Deccan : Panchgani, planted (Woodrow). — 

 Kanara: Kumpta, cultivated (Talbot 269!, 3601 !) ; Karwar (Talbot 856!) ; 

 commonly cultivated along the coast ; rare in the Ghat forests of N. Kanara 

 (Talbot). 



Distribution : W. Peninsula, In do-China. 



107. Dendrocalamus, Nees ; Cke. ii, 1049. 



Species 24. — Africa, Indo-Malaya, Philippines, China. 



1. Stem -sheaths 7-30 cm. long ; leaves up to 25 by 



3 cm. ... ... ... .*. 1. D.strictus. 



2. Stem-sheaths 50 cm. long, as broad at the 



base ; leaves up to 50 by 10 cm. ... ... 2. D. giganteus. 



1. Dendrocalamus strict us, Nees in Linnsea 9 (1834), 476; Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. ii, 421; Munro Monogr. 147 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. cccxxv ; Brandis Ind. 

 Trees 675; Duthie Fodd. Grass. N. Ind. 71; Gamble Bamb. Brit. Ind. 78, 

 t. 68, 69 et in Hook. f. F.B.I, vii, 404 ; Cke. ii, 1049 ; Camus Les Bambusees 

 (1913), 152 pi. 87, f. B.— For synonyms see F.B.I, vii, 404. 



Description : Cke. ii, 1049. 



Locality: Sind : Junnar Hill (Burns!). — Gujarat: Junagad, Datar Hill, 

 Kathiawar (Chibber !) ; Panch Mahals (Woodrow). — Khandesh : To Toronmal 

 (McCann 9791!); base of Toranmal (McCann A221 ! ) .— Konkan : Planted 

 (Woodrow). — Deccan: Rocky hills (Gamble); Karli (Gammie 16167!); 

 Ganeshkhind Botanic Gardens (Patwardhan !). — 5. M. Country : Byadgi, 

 Dharwar Dist. (Talbot!). — Kanara: Karwar (Talbot !) ; Ambgaum (Talbot 

 1788 !) ; Dongi Nallah (Talbot 959 !). 



Distribution : India, Java. 



*2. Dendrocalamus giganteus, Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi (1868), 150; 

 Kurz Ind. Forester i, 346 ; Gamble Bamb. Brit. Ind. 88, t. 76 et. in. Hook. f. 

 F.B.I, vii, 406 ; Brandis Ind. Trees 678; Cke. ii, 1050 ; Camus Les Bambusees 

 (1913), 159, pi. 85, f. A.—Bambusa gigantea, Wall. Cat. Bot. Gard. Calc. 79; 

 Gardeners' Chronicle pi. Sept. 1892. 



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