420 oLxiiii. GRAMiNEJi. [BamhusecB, Gamble.) [Oehlandra. 



spikelets with 2-4 small sheathing bracts; gls. all many .nerved; palea a<!ute, 

 faintly 2-keelecl. Zodicules 3, i in., membranous, S-7-nerved. Stamens up to 120, 

 filaments coherent. Ovary narrow, tip 4-angled, stigmas 5-6 plumose spirally 

 twisted together. Fruit 2 in. by i in. diam., ovoid-oblong, beak 2 in., pericarp fleshy. 

 Var. hirsuta, Gamble 1. c. 126, 1. 112 ; spikelets densely brown velvety, leaves 

 thicker, margins more cartilaginous, leaf-sheaths with appressed tuberous-based hairs. 

 — Travancore Hills, Beddome. 



*** Stamens many, ligule 1 in. or more, filaments free, 



5. O. Srandlsli, Gamble Batnl. Brit. Ind. 126, t. 113 ; leaves 10-20 

 by li-3 in. oblong-lanceolate acuminate, auricles short fringed, spikelets 

 1-1^ in. conical glabrous bracteolate with chaffy scales, gls. all many- 

 nerved, 3-4 lower empty thick ovate truncate tip subulate, upper thinner, 

 fig. gl. membranous, anthers long-apiculate. Bambusa Wigbtii, Munro in 

 Trans. Linn. 8oc. xxvi. (1868) 111.— Wight Cat. n. 1009. 



TiNKEVELLT Ghats ; sit Courtallaui, Wight, Brandis. 



Leaves thick, base n.irrowed, glabrous on both surfaces, whitish beneath, petiole 

 short broad wrinkled beneath, midrib stout, nerves 10-13 p.ilrs strong, tesselkte by 

 pellucid glands ; sheath striate, callus smooth rounded. Spike terminal, rachis thick, 

 whorls of spikelets several in the axils of ovate glabrous bracts ; palea like the 

 flg. gl. but smaller. Lodicule solitary, i-^ in. ; many-nerved, truncate and retuse. 

 Stamens up to 60. Ovary glabrous, stigmas 5, plumose. 



**** Stamens 6 or fewer, unequal, filaments free or coherent, ligule 

 short. 



6. O. Xtidleyi, Gamlle Bamh. Brit. Ind. 127, 1. 114 ; leaves 9-10 by 

 1-1§ in. oblong-lanceolate ouspidately acuminate, auricles rounded or 

 falcate long-oiliate, spikelets about 1 in. appressedly hairy, empty gls. 1-2 

 ovate truncate long mueronate, flg. gls. 1-2 longer, raohilla produced beyond 

 the upper, palese 2 not keeled. 



SiNGAPOEE, Ridlei/ ^ Feilding. 



Leaves smooth above except the marginal nerves, scaberulous beneath, base 

 rounded, petiole short broad, midrib slender, nerves 10-12 pairs; sheath short, 

 smooth, striate, callus narrow. Spike or spicate 'paniole 3-4 in., terminating a leafy 

 branchlet ; heads subdistichous, bracteate ; bracts with imperfect blades, ovate, 

 truncate, fimbriate. Spikelets several sterile, few fertile ; outer palea narrow, 

 convolute, bimucronate, tip hairy, inner shorter tip rounded glabrous. Lodicules 

 6-10, many-nerved, entire or forked. Stamens 6, 3 longer obtuse, 3 shorter acute. 

 Ovary linear; style long embraced by the enlarged perigynium, stigma plumose. 



Flowers unknown. 



7. O. setig-era, Gamble Bamh. Brit. Ind. 128, t. 115 ; stem-sheaths 

 papery sparsely strigose narrowed to a truncate top, blade subulate hair- 

 like, leaves 6-9 by f-1^ in. oblanceolate acuminate puberulous beneath, 

 sheath smooth, auricles deourrent, lignle very narrow erose. 



NiLGHlEl Hll/LS ; ravines above Gudalur, alt. about 3000 ft., Qamhle. 



A small tufted erect or straggling reed-like Bamboo. Stem 20 ft. by i— | in. 

 diam., naked below, nodes hardly swollen ; internodes 10-12 in., very smooth, walk 

 ■^^^ in. thick. Stem-sheatks 6-7 in., persistent tessellately wrinkled towards the top, 

 blade |-1 in., hairy within, margins incurved, top very narrow ; blade |-1 in., hairy 

 within, margin incurved. Leaves smooth above, puberulous beneath, tip capillai-y, 

 midrib narrow, nerves 6-7 pairs, tessellate by pellucid glands; auricles of sheath 

 fringed with long curved bristles. 



