400 OLXxiTi. GBAMiNBiS. (BamhusecB, Gamble.) [Oigantoehloa. 



6. G. heterostachya, Munro in Trans. Lmn. Soc. xxvi. (1868) 125 ; 

 subscandent, leaves linear-lanceolate base rounded shortly petioled tip 

 setaceous twisted scabrous sparsely hairy on the midrib beneath, spikelets 

 dimorphic sterile |-j in., flg. l-lj in. oblong compressed, empty gls. 1-3 

 ovate glabrous, fler. gls. 4-5 with 1-2 imperfect convolute, palea short 

 obtuse 4^8-nerved keels oiliate. Kurz Ind. Forester, i. 345 ; Gamble Bamh. 

 Brit. Ind. 66, t. 67. Bambusa hetirostachya, Mun/ro in Serb. Trin. Coll. 

 Dublin, fide Munro 1. c. 126. 



Malay Peninsula ; near Ayer Punas, about houses, Gf-riffith. 



Stems 30 ft., graceful, thin-walled. Leaves 4-11 by J-1 in., midrib narrow 

 shining, nerves 6-8 ; sheath striate, auricle and callus rounded glabrous ; ligule 

 long, toothed, sometimes long-eiliate. Panicle large, leafy, branches spiciform, 

 heads of spikelets i-i in. apart, in the axils of chaffy glabrous bracts, rachis smooth, 

 upper joints pubeiulous j fl^. spikelets sometimes solitary, empty gls. with sometimes 

 an imperfect fl. Lodirules 2 (or 3 ?) ovate or oblong, long-fimbriate. Anthers 

 neai-ly ^ in., tip apiculate penicillate. Ovary ellipsoid, very hairy ; style often curved, 

 hairy ; stigmas 2-3, plumose. 



7. G. lig'ulata, Gamble Bamb. Brit. Ind. 67, t. 68; leaves large 

 oblong-lanceolate base wrinkled unequal narrowed into a flat petiole, tip acu- 

 minate with reflexed margins scabrous, ligule long 2-fid, spikelets 5— f in., 

 conical acuminate, gls. ciliate with brown hairs, empty gls. 2-4 ovate acute 

 mucronate many-nerved, flg. gls. longer, palea short 5-nerved keels long- 

 ciliate. 



Malay Peninsula ; Perak, Wray ; Pahang, Ridley. 



Leaves 12-16 by 2-3 in., beneath pale and smooth except the scabrid tip, midrib 

 broad yellow beneath, nerves 12-14 pairs, cross-nervules of pellncid glands ; sheaths 

 smooth, shining, brown, striate; callus rounded, shining, often ciliate; ligule up to 

 1 in., glabrous, lobes long-acuminate, membranous. Panicle terminal, long, of 

 spiciform branehlets bearing distant heads on leafy branches, each with 5-8 fertile 

 spikelets in the axils of long yellow glabrous bracts J-IJ in. long, mouth of bracts 

 truncate, furnished with round dark naked auricles and long fimbriate ligules, 

 rachis fistular, glaucous, lower joints 3 in. Lodicules 0. Anthers long-apiculate, 

 tip hairy. Ovary long-stipitate, depressed ovoid, shining, hairy, style slender, 

 stigma short plumose. 



8. 6. latispiculata, Gamble Bamb. Brit. Ind. 67, t. 69 ; leaves 

 broadly lanceolate petioled base cuneate glabrous except the scabrid 

 tips, ligule broad cleft, spikelets over 1 in., nearly glabrous, empty gls. 

 2-3, lower foliiferous ovate-lanceolate mucronate, fl. gls. 7-9 ovate- 

 lanceolate long-acuminate hairy within margins faintly oiliate, palea 

 shorter obtuse 7-nerved keels ciliate. 



Malacca, Alwis. 



Stems 50 ft. Leaves 12-14 by 1-li in., pale, midrib prominent shining, nerves 

 8-9 pairs obscure ; sheath smcoth, glabrous, keeled, callus narrow. Panicle 

 terminal, of spiciform branehlets bearing distinct heads 1-3 in. apart, of 1-4 very 

 large flattened spikelets \-\ in. broad, rachis smooth striate ; bracts very small. 

 LodiculeS' small, obovate, 3-5-nerved, fimbriate. Anthers narrow, tips apiculate, 

 penicillate. Ovary narrowly ovoid, pubescent, style sleuder, stigmas 3 plumose. 



137. OXYTENANTKERA. Munro. 



Arborescent or scandent unarmed Bamboos, with a stout usually 

 creeping and stoloniferous rootstock. Stem-sheaths various. Leaves large 

 or small, shortly petioled. Fanicle large, branches with few or many 

 heads of whorled or capitate spikelets. Spikelets elongate, cylindrio or 



