Bamhisa,] olxxiii. GEAMiNEiE. {Bambusem, Gamble.) 391 



(1835)357. B. glaucescens, &'e6. Oat. fid. Munro. 'B. ste^Ms, K-wrzinMig. 

 Ann. Bot. Lugd. Bat. ii. 285. B. viridi-glauoesoens, Carr. in Bev. Sortie. 

 1869, 292. Arundinaria glaucesoens, Beauv. Agrost. 144 ; Nees Agrost. 

 Bras. 526 ; Kunth Enum. PI. i. 426 ; Bupr. Bamb. 23, t. i. p. 3 ; Steud. 

 Syn. Oram. 334; Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 413 ; Munro I.e. 22. IsohurooUoa 

 floribunda, Buse in Mig. PI. Jungh. 390 ; PI. Ind. Bat. iii. 422. Ludolfia 

 glauoescens, . Willd. in Oes. Naturf. Fr. Berl. Mag. ii. (1808) 320. Pani- 

 oum arborescens, Lamk. Bncycl. iv. 749. Triglossum arandinaoeum, Fisch. 

 ex Boem. Sf 8ch. Syst. Veg. 846. 



Malayan Peninsula; Pahang, alt. 7000 ft., Wray (wild?). Cultivated in 

 Ceylon (CP. n. 4022) and in many parts of India. — Native of China and Japan. 



Stems 6-10 ft., ^1 in. diam., densely tufted, hard, green then yellow, branched 

 from the base ; nodes thickened ; internodes 8-15 in. Stem-sheaths 4-6 by 2-3 in. 

 bioiid, stiff, glabrous, narrowed upwards, top rounded ; blade 2-3 in., acuminate, 

 decnrrent on the sheath, ciliate, appressed-hairy or glabrous above ; ligule narrow, 

 entire. Lecmes 2-4 by J in., distichous, tip subulate twisted, not tessellate, oosta 

 faint, nerves 8-6 j sheath ending in a prominent callus, auricle fringed ; ligule short. 

 Spikelets straw-colrd. j rachilla flattened, glabrous j palea many-nerved. Lodicules 

 linear. Style very short. (Jraiw elliptic, furrowed, shortly beaked, top hairy. 



** Spikelets ovate-lanoeolate in dense heads, flattened. 



10. B. Balcooa, Boxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 196 ; stem-sbeatbs dimorphic, 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate base rounded, sheath hairy, heads of spikelets 

 bracteate, spikelets \-^ in. or more, empty gls. 0-2 ovate acute many- 

 nerved, fig. gls. 4-6 larger margins ciliate, palea as long as the gl. ovate 

 acute keels long- ciliate, anthers glabrous connective produced, ovary 

 broadly ovoid. Munro in Trams. linn. Soc. xxvi. (1868) 100; Brandis 

 For. PI. Brit. Burm. 567 ; Gamble Bamb. Brit. Ind. 42, t. 39. B. capensis, 

 Bupr. Bamb. 54, t. 13, f. 54 ; Steud. Byn. Oram. 330. B. Vasaria, Somi. ex 

 Wall. Gat. n. 5025. Dendrocalamus Balcooa, Voigt Sort. Suburb. 

 Calcutt. 718. 



Bensal, from the Gogra, eastwd. to Bbhae and Assam. 



Stems 50-70 ft., 3-6 in. diam., coespitose, branched from the base, lower branches 

 stiff leafless ; internodes 8-18 in. with a whitish ring below and a hairy one above the 

 swollen nodes, walls thick. Stem-sheafhs of two forms ; lower sliort, broad, ciliate, 

 top rounded ; blade short triangular deeurrent into short fringed auricles ; tipper 

 10-14 by 8-10 in., almost glabrous, ciliate, truncate, blade 6-8 by 3-4 in., closely 

 hairy above, margins recurved, base rounded and deeurrent as a narrow band ; ligule 

 broad toothed. Leaves 6-12 by 1-2 in., pellueidly tessellate with glands, tip twisted 

 scabrid, margins seabrous-ciliate, nerves 7-11 ; sheath appressed, hairy, truncate 

 above with a narrow callns, bristly or not ; ligule broadly triangular, membranous. 

 Panicle compound, rachis pubescent or scurfy, swollen above j palea obscurely nerved. 

 Zodicules 3, ovate or obovate, fimbriate. Anthers glabrous, pointed. Stigmas 3, 

 long. 



Sect. II. Arborescent or shrubby. Stems not spinous. Spilcelets 

 flattened ; flg. gls. few or many. Lodicules 2-3. 



10*. B. VTJLGAKis, Sohrad. in Wendl. Collect, ii. 26, t. 47 ; nodes with 

 a hairy ring, leaves linear-lanceolate petioled glabrous tessellate by pellucid 

 glands, sheath laxly hairy, callus smooth, auricle ciliate, ligule short, 

 spikelets ^o~'fo ^^- 1°- bracteate clusters of 3-10 oblong acute bifid, empty 

 gls. 1-2 ovate acute many-nerved tip ciliate,' flg. gls. 6-10 larger, palea 

 as long as the gl. keels white-ciliate, anthers obtuse hairy apioulate 

 purple, ovary narrow hairy, style long. Both Nov. Sp. 198 {e«xl. Syn. 



