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on salt ground, near the sea. Crypsis aculeata takes the place of 

 this Grass in Sind. Syn. D brevifolia, Koenig ; Poa brevifolia, 

 Kunth. Enum. 



Section Bambusace^. 

 22. BAMBUSA, Schreber. 



1. B Stricta, Roxb. Cor. PI. i, t. 80. — Culms straight, 

 thorny or unarmed ; leaves shortly-petioled, lanceolate, rounded at 

 the base ; branches of the panicle simple and very long ; clusters 

 of spikelets very dense, oval, equidistant, about 1 inch in diameter. 

 This small species grows very straight, and has very little hollow 

 inside, and is the kind used for Boar-spears. Native names " Bas" 

 and " Oodha." 



2. B Arundinacea, Willd sp. ii, 245. — Culm thorny ; sheaths 

 downy, setigerous in the mouth ; leaves lanceolate, rounded at the 

 base, scabrous above and on the margins, 12 to 15 inches long, and 

 three-fourths to 2 inches broad ; spikes from all the nodes branched, 

 compound and decompound, regularly clustered ; spikelets sessile, 

 oblong-lanceolate. The culms of this species are about 3 inches in 

 diameter, with the nodes rather near each other. The sheaths, 

 which fall off from the young stem, are 1 foot to 15 inches in 

 length, white, shining, and silvery inside, with a free acuminated 

 apex of 3 to 5 inches. Native name " Mandgay." 



3. B Vulgaris, Schrad.— Culm unarmed, 20 to 50 feet high; 

 branches green, opaque, striated and sulcated, widely piped ; 

 sheaths above hirsute with dark-coloured hairs ; leaves linear 

 lanceolate acute, 6 to 1 inches long, and 9 to 18 inches broad; 

 spikelets oblong lanceolate, acuminate, compressed, herbaceous, 6 

 to 8-flowered. One of the largest species of Bamboo. Native 

 name " KuUuk" or " Bamboo." 



4. B Arundo, Klein. Nees. Linn, ix, 471. — Culm thorny; 

 mouths of the sheaths naked ; leaves (floral) ovate-lanceolate, 6 to 7 

 inches long, 4 to 5 hnes broad, rounded at the base, shortly- 

 petioled, smooth ; spike terminal, ample, leafy, the branches 

 spreading, simple or compound ; spikelets an inch long, erect, 

 approximated in threes, upper ones alternate, 6 to 8-flowered ; culm 

 8 to 9 feet high. Native name " Chi waree." On the Ghauts. Of 

 this walking-sticks are sold at Mahableshwur. 



In addition to these, there is one called Mace, found about 

 villages ; the natives say it is not to be found wild. Owing to the 

 little attention that has been ])aid to them in a living state, 

 particularly in the rainy season, when their characteristics are 

 'more easily laid hold on, these are among the most difficult of the 



