DendroGolamus] CXII. GRAMINEiE 677 



the culm. The Burmese name indicates the resemblance of this swelling to 

 an eye. L. glabrous, but rough beneath, on vigorous shoots up to 18 by 5 in., 

 on ordinary branches smaller, n. 18-28 on \ in., transverse veins faintly 

 visible, leaf-sheaths with stiff appressed hairs, ligule long, oblique. Like 

 D. strlctusj this species flowers sporadically and at times gregariously. 'FL 

 heads semiglobose, |-1| in. diam., supported by broad leathery shining bracts, 

 on a stout very hollow rachis 1-3 in. apart. Spikelets glabrous, purple, ovate, 

 J- in. long, glumes broad, apiculate, long-ciliate along the edges, empty 2-3,^ 

 fertile 2-4, anthers purple on long glabrous filaments, ovary and style hairy.' 

 Oaryopsis broadly ovoid, ^ in. long, beaked, hairy at apex. 



G-arwhal 4,000 ft. (mdigenous ?). East Himalaya, lower hills and valleys, ascend- 

 ing to 3,000 ft. Assam. Garo, lOiasi and Naga hills. Burma, Upper and Lower, 

 chiefly near streams and in hollows, ascending to 3,000 ft. Cultivated in the Duns and 

 outer liills of the North-West Himalaya, north as far as Kangru. Bamhusa Falconeri, 

 Munro, was based upon the 1. of this and fl. of Bamhusa nutans. 4. Allied to 8, but 

 quite different is Waho ^, a valuable large Bamboo, found in cool valleys and on the 

 high evergreen Kachin hills in the Katha district, fl., 1., and notes sent by the late 

 Joseph IVIe^ser, after whom it should be named, when more perfectly known. Tufted, 

 culms 85-100 ft. high, internodes 12-21 in. long, 5 in. diam., walls |-1 in. thick, 

 branches all the way up, near the base thickly set and sometimes 20 ft. long, con- 

 spicuous rings of arrested rootlets for 8^10 ft. from the ground, buds of undeveloped 

 branches smaller and less prominent than in 3. Culm-sheaths 18 in. long, ligule 

 serrate, § in. broad, blade as long as sheath, blade and ligule hairy. L. 8-9 by 1 in., 

 n. 36 on J in. Spikelets | in. long, numerous in dense nearly globose heads, branches 

 of inflorescence very hollow, up to J in. diam. Glumes glabrous, edges minutely 

 ciliate, the 2 lowest empty, fl. 8-10, of which the lowest are usually S • Ovary broad, 

 entirely hairy. 5. D. patellaris, Gamble, t. 75. Vern. Pagjiok, Lepcha ; Fiitunq^ 

 Mikir Hills. Sikkim and British Bhutan 2-5,000 ft. Mikir and Naga Hills. Tufted, 

 culms 20-30 ft. high, internodes 12-18 in. long, l-lj in. diam., walls thin, a broad 

 softly hairy ring below the nodes. Culm-sheaths persistent, 10-12 in. long, upper part 

 narrowed and furnished with a pale long-fimbriate fringe, ligule conspicuous, fringed 

 like the sheath. L. 8-16 in. long, n. 20-30 on J in. Fl. similar to 3, but sometimes 1 

 or 2 lodicules. 



(6) Spikelets acute, culm-sheaths usually very hairy. 



6. B. Hookeri, Munro ; Gamble, t. 73. Sikkim {Tili 5«ws, Hep. ; Patu^ Lepcha). 

 Daphla Hills 2-3,000 ft. Khasi and Jaintia hills (Sieijong), Bhamo. Cultivated 

 near Naini Tal, Kumaon (E. E. Fernandez 1881). Tufted, branches overhanging. 

 Culms 50-60 ft., naked below, internodes 18-20 in, long, diam. 4-6 in., walls 1 in. thick. 

 Culm-sheaths gradually narrowed from a broad base to a truncate top, 8-12, blade 

 3-7 in. "long. L. 12-15 by 2-3 in., pet. short, n. 18-26 on J in. Spikelets often 

 minutely pubescent, J in. long, in dense globose heads J-1 in. diam., rachis J in. diam., 

 hollow, but walls firm. D. Parishi% Munro ; Gamble, t. 82, px'obably belongs to this 

 species, but spikelets glabrous. 7. B. sikMmensis, Gamble, t. 72. Yern. Pugriang^ 

 Lepcha 5 Wad.ah^ Garo. Sikkim and Bhutan, 4-6,000 ft. Tura peak, Garo hills. 

 Tufted, but culms few, 50-70 ft. high, naked below, internodes 18 in. long, 5-7 in. 

 diam., walls thick. Culm-sheaths 12 in. long, densely clothed with a dark golden- 

 brown felt of matted hairs, blade decurrent on each side into a large long-fringed 

 auricle. L. 6-12 by l|-3 in., strigose beneath with long suppressed hairs, n. 20-24 on 

 I in., in specimens cult, at Kew as low as 12, leaf-sheaths glabrous, shining, keeled, 

 ligule short hairy. Spikelets \-% in. long in dense red-brown glol3ose heads 1^ in. 

 diam. Gi-ain obovoid, with a few hairs at apex. 



0. Spikelets usually few (exceptions : D. Brandisii^ ColleiUanus^ and 16), 

 in small heads, rachis of spike usually solid, 



{a) Spikelets short, \ in. long and less. 



8. D. longispathus, Kurz; Gamble, t. 78. Yern. Ora^ Ohittagong ; 

 Khang^ Beng. ; Waya^ sometimes Talagu-iva^ Wanet^ Burm. 



Tufted, culms 60 ft., glaucous or nearly white when young, lower half 

 naked, often with a ring of rootlets at the nodes, internodes 18-30 in. long, 

 3-5 in, diam., walls ^ in. thick, node line horizontal, undulate, hardly thick- 

 ened. Culm-sheaths densely clothed on the outside with dark (almost black) 

 stinging hairs, thin, fragile, but long persistent, 14-36 in. long, overlapping 



