412 OLXXiii. GEAMiNEiE. {BambuiecB, Gamble.) [OepJialostdchyum. 



a panicle of bracteate heads, 1-fld., elongate, raobilla produced beyond 

 the fl. ; empty gls. 2-3, broad, chaffy, many-nerved, uaaally long-awned; 

 flg. gls. more membranons, convolute, awns shorter ; palea thin, many- 

 nerved, keels 2 approximate. Lodicules 3, 3-5-nerved. Stamens 6, free, 

 anthers long. Ovary stipitate, ovoid, narrowed into a long thickened 

 style, stigmas 2-3, plumose, drain oblong, beaked, pericarp separable. — 

 Species all Indian. 



* Spihelets in a solitary head. 



1 . C< capitatum, Munro in Trans. Linn. 8oc. xxvi. (1868) 139 ; 

 leaves 4-8 by 1-2 in. ovate-lanceolate base unequally rounded, head I-I5 

 in. diam., bi-acts broad long-awned glabrous, spikelets |— | in. terminating 

 short spikes, palea obtusely mucronate tip entire, anthers obtuse. Gamble 

 Bamb. Brit. Ind. 104, t. 91. Bambusa capitata. Wall. Cat. n. 8913. 



SiKKiM and Bhotan Himalaya, alt. 2-8000 ft., Khasia, .Jaintea, and Naga 

 Hills. 



Stems 12-30 ft. by 1-1^ in., semi-scandent ; nodes not prominent, internodes 

 often 3 ft. or more, walls thin. Stem-sheaths of young stems papery, 6-12 by 2-3 in., 

 strigose with pale brown hairs, month triangular, of the longer upper truncate, of the 

 shorter lower retuse; bliidc long, hairy within, base rounded, decurrent into rounded 

 sometimes fringed auricles ; ligule narrow. Leaves pale green, whitish beneath, 

 glabrous on both surfaces, midrib prominent, nerves 4-10 pairs, pellnoid dots 

 oblique; sheaths smooth, shining, auricle short with curved cilia. Kmpty gls. 

 softly hairy below ; lower 1-3 flg. gls. sterile ; palea hairy between the keels, rachilla 

 produced. Lodicules ovate-lanceolate, 3-5-nerved, shortly ciliate. AntheTs long, 

 tips emargiuate. Ovary ovoid, style often twisted, stigmas 2 hairy. Grain 

 depreased-ovoid, beaked, shining, pericarp crustaceous. 



Var. decompositum. Gamble 1. c. 105 ; spikelets in spicate almost paniculate 

 clusters, many fertile. — Sikkim and Khasia Hills. 



2. C. pallidum, Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. (1868) 139 ; 

 leaves 1-5 by J-l i"- base unequally rounded, heads about 1 in., bracts 

 broad rounded, spikelets f-| in., palea 2-fid, anthers long-apiculate. Kurz 

 For. Fl. Burma, ii. 563; Oamble Bamb. Brit. Ind. 105, t. 92. Bambusa 

 andropogonifolia, Griffith liin. Notes, 124, No. 417. 



Khasia, Mishmi, Patkoy and Munnipore Hills, ascending to 5000 ft., 

 Qriffith, &B. 



Shrubby or subarboreous, branches whorled. Leaves pale green, tip capillary, 

 glabrous or puberulous beneath, not tessellate, midrib pale, nerves 4-6 pairs ; sheath 

 striate, margins ciliate, auricle rounded with a, few deciduous cilia ; ligule long. 

 Head in the axil of a leaf, of many- long-awned empty gls. or sterile fl. gls. or with 

 a few exserted fertile spikelets, all bracteate at the base ; empty gls, concave, awned, 

 many-nerved; flg. gls. similar, awn shorter than the gl. ; palea many-nerved, tip 

 and base haii-y, rachilla shortly produced. Lodicules pubescent and ciliate. Ovary 

 ovoid-lanceolate, style long conical, stigmas 2 hairy. Grain globosely ovoid, top 

 conical and beaked, wrinkled. 



3. C. latifolium, Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. (1868) 140 ; stem 

 sheaths linear, oblong top narrow, leaves 10-16 by 1-4 in. ovate or ovate- 

 lanceolate base nnequal cuneate or rounded, sheaths not fringed, heads 

 lJ-2 in. diam. of clustered sterile and l^fid., fertile spikelets ^1 in. long 

 with broad awned bracteoles, tip of palea entire, anthers obtusely mucro- 

 nate. Gamble Bamb. Brit. Ind. 106, t. 93. 



Bhotan and MuNNiPOKE Hills, alt. 5-7000 ft., Griffith, &c. 

 Shrubby semi-scandent. Stems thin, rough, dark green, whitish below the 

 nodes which are conspicuously ringed. Stem-sheaths 6-9 by 2-3 in., papery, sides 



