1.870.] On some netv or imperfectly known Indian plants. 87 



plexicaulia, subsessilia ; foliorum vaginae ore longe rigideque fim- 

 briatae ; spiculae saepe tortuoso-elongatae, sessiles v. pedicellatae ; 

 florum hermaphroditorum valvula interior in angulis ciliata ; 

 antherae luteae ; stigmata alba, purpureo-pilosa. (Diagn. in MS. 

 Kurz). This is a very remarkable species which, will require a 

 separate section being established for it. 



Sect. Leleba : Spiculae densiflorae, carinato-compressae, valvulae 

 sursum deorsuinque breviores, flosculus summus hermaphroditus ; 

 rhachillae omnes abbreviatae, persistentes ; lodiculae nullae ; an- 

 therae apiculatae.— Grainen fruticosum, habitu valde peculiari ab 

 omnibus Bambusis Indicis valde discrepans, foliisque maximis gau- 

 dens ; turionum vaginae lamina membranacea discreta. (Zeleba 

 [gen.] Eumph. et T eysmann).I had opportunity to examine all 

 the Rumphian varieties without exception, some of which, as L. 

 lineata and L. picta would form one of the most charming introduc- 

 tions for the European hot-houses, as they have red, green and 

 white striped stems, or have them beautifully mottled with the same 

 colour e. 



93. Gigantochloa atter, K u r z. — Bambusa atter, HassL- The 

 genus Gigantochloa cannot be retained, as I will shew on some future 

 occasion. Col. Munro writes (in Linn. Trans., XXVI, 125), 

 '■' Kurz, in his notes, identifies this species (Gig. atter) with B. 

 aspera and B. Bitung, R o e m. et S c h u 1 1., but the latter &c." I do 

 not understand this interpretation in which I am said to have iden- 

 tified 2 such species, as those alluded to, which differ toto coelo ! 

 As far as I am aware I have identified B. aspera with B. Bitung, 

 but surely not those two with B. atter. The one is (sententia 

 Munroana) a Bendrocalamus, the other a Gigantochloa. I give here 

 the diagnosis from my MS. — 



B. aspera, Roem. et S c h u 1 1. Arborea, culmis canescente- 

 tomentosis ad nodos valde incrassatos radicoso-annulatis ; turionum 

 vaginae adpresse canescente setosse, ore auriculato rigide fimbriatae ; 

 lingula fisso-fimbriata ; folia margine scabra ; vaginae foliorum 

 albido-hispidae, ore parum producto hispido-fimbriatae ; valvula 

 interior in angulis marginibusque albo-ciliata ; antherae luteae ; 

 caryopsis mucronulata. — Indian Archipelago, from the Moluccas 

 to Singapore. 



