118 <A SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION TO TEMENGOH. 
Dendrocalamus pendulus, Ridl. The commonest bamboo all 
over this region from near Lenggong to Ulu Temengoh, 
fringing the rivers and ascending to the tops of the 
hills. 
Dinochloa Tjankorreh, Buse. In the forests between Leng- 
gong and Grit, in flower. 
Cephalostachyuwm malayense, n. sp. 
A slender stemmed bamboo. Leaves lanceolate to 
lanceolate linear acuminate with a rather long point, 
base broad truncate 7-8 inches long 1 inch broad at 
base, minutely pubescent on the back edges minutely 
denticulate, petiole very short and thick, ligule short 
bearing 3 or 4 long filaments, sheath ribbed pubescent 
when young. Inflorescence terminal on the ends of the 
branches, densely capitate solitary included in 4 to 6 
broad sheaths with full sized or nearly full sized 
leafblades, similar to the ordinary leaves, whole, 
capitulum about 2 inches long and obconic in outline; 
one inch through. Spikelets very numerous densely 
packed aciculaz surrounded by inner bracts without 
laminas, and very hairy on the edges. Spikelet 2 inches 
long outer glume narrow lanceolate acuminate apex 
hairy. Second similar enclosing an abortive flower 
shorter narrow lanceolate acuminate, points hairy. 
Flowering glumes 2 thin chaffy much longer apices hairy. 
Grain oblong ¢ inch long cylindric smooth with a long 
hairy 12 beak inch long. 
FERNS. 
Alsophila trichodesma, Scort. Temengoh (14207). (A. late- 
brosa according Beddome). 
Cibotium Barometz, Lin. Ulu Temengoh. Dr. Christ points out 
in a letter that the specific name should be Baranetz, 
which is a. Russian word meaning little sheep (Baran 
sheep) from its woolly rhizome. Linné wrote it 
Barometz by error. 
Jour. Straits Branch 
