Dendrocalamiis] CXII. GEAMINEJE 679 



lets. Spikelets ^-f in. long, softly jptibescent. Not seen. 16. Wabo, Bxirm. Culti- 

 vated in villages, Soiitliern Shan States, 1,500-2,000 ft. (Montague Hill). Culm-slieaths 

 18 in. long, thick, hard, shining within, thinly hairj^ outside, 1. thin, grey, 6-9 by 

 1-1^ in., scabrid on both surfaces, n. 20-24 on I in., petiole very short, sheath glabrous, 

 edges ciliate. Heads of 10-20 spikelets, approximate, nearly confluent, spikelets 

 \-l m. long, nearly glabrous, tip hard, pungent, fl. 2-3, <J , 9 , and bisexual. Palea 

 long-ciliate at keels, between keels 2-5 n., ovary and style densely hairy. 



9. TEINOSTACHYUM, Munro; M. Brit. Ind. vii. 410. 



Culms tbin, overhanging^ sometimes climbing. Spikelets up to 3 in. long^ 

 slender, many-fld., sometimes pedunculate, in bracteate whorls on the spici- 

 form branches of a leafy panicle, upper and lower ii. imperfect, rachilla 

 elongate between the fl., glumes mucronate, palea convolute, keeled, keels 

 ciliate near the apex. Lodicules 3, 3~9-nerved. Style enclosed in and partly 

 adnate to a cylmdric sheath. Oaryopsis ovoid, beaked, pericarp crustaceous. 

 Species 5, of which one in Ceylon. 



1. T. Wightii, Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 323 ; Gamble, t. 87. Yern. Nanyura^ Tarn. Western 

 Ghats from North Kanara southwards, 3-5,000 ft. Nilgiris, Anamalais, in the under- 

 growth of high tree forest. Culms 10-20 ft. long, supported by the neighbouring 

 trees, branches flexuose, internodes 14-18 in. long, diam. 1-1^, walls thin. Culm- 

 sheaths thin, nearly as long as internodes, broAvnish-black hairs on the back, blade 

 narrow, half the length of sheath or more. L. 6-15 by 1-3 in., pet. ^-J in. long, n. 

 16-20 on i in. Panicle large, contracted, drooping, consisting of long slender spikes. 

 I'l. at long intervals, Travancore in 1887. 2. T. GriffitMi, Munro in Trans. Linn. 

 Soc. xxvi. t. 3 ; Gamble, t. 86. Syn. Cephalostachijum Griffifhit, Kurz. Assam (JBefi, 

 Beliti). Chittagong. Burma (Kurz). Straggling or subscandent, culms 25-50 ft,, 

 internodes 12-24 in. long, diam. | in. L. 6-10 by Vl^ m., glaucous beneath, pet. short, 

 n. 20-36 on J in. Spikelets pubescent, 2-3 in. long. 3. T. Dullooa, Gamble, t. 89. 

 British Bhutan 2,000 ft. {Tokre hatis, Nep.). Garo hills (Wadrtc), Assam (Daht, 

 Dolo, DoJIu, Dallu). Silhet. Cachar {Bajail). Chittagong (Dohi). Upper Burma : 

 Katha (Thaikwaho), Mogaung {Wamyet), Tufted, more or less scandent, culms 20-60 

 ft., internodes 15-30 in long, diam, 2-3 in. Culm-sheaths 6-12 in. long, blade 

 very narrow, recurved, often as long as sheath, edges convolute. L. 8-12 by 

 1-lJ in., pet. J in., n. 21-30 on ^ in. Spikelets softly hairy. Gyaica (Bhamo), which 

 may possibly belong to this, is described by Montague Hill as a tall straight-growing 

 graceful Bamboo, growing in clumps, but each stem very distinct, internodes 30-44 in. 

 long, diam. 2-4 in. _ 4. T. Helferi, Gamble, t. 90. Syn. Pseudostachi/um Hefjeri^ Kurz. 

 Assam. Garo {Wali)^ Khasi (Tiimoh), and Jaintia hills. Pegu Yoma, chiefly on the 

 east side {Wathabiit). Hills east of Toungoo, 4,000 ft. Sal ween hills, 2,000 ft. {ThocM, 

 Karen). Evergreen, eminently gregarious, forming impenetrable thickets of large 

 extent, culms 20-40 ft. long, bending over in all directions and more or less climbing, 

 internodes greyish-green, while young with appressed whitish bristles, 20-50 in. long, 

 1-1§ in. diam., walls very thin. Culm-sheaths thick, perbistent, 8-10 in. long, blade 

 narrow, recurved, nearly as long as sheath. L. 6-18 by 1V3^ in., pet. broad, J-J in 



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Schizostacliyum Rogersii, sp. nova. Andamans (G. Eogers). Tufted, culms weak, 

 up to 30 ft. long, to I in. diam., overhanging or supported by trees, walls thin. 

 Culm-sheaths much shorter than internodes, thin, 3-4 in. long, hairs very fugacious, 

 base 2-2| in. broad, tapering to | in., with two small auricles at the apex, blade 

 narrow, reflexed, as long as sheath. L. 7-9 by 1-1 J in., long fine hairs on the under- 

 side, n. 21 on J in., transverse veins prominent, oblique and bent. Inflorescence a 

 long spike, terminating leafy branchlets, with distant half-whorls (supported by 

 bracts, which are often furnished with a blade) of 1-fld. glabrous spikelets, the fertile 

 4 in. long, the sterile shorter. Empty glumes 2-4, palea convolute, minutely 2-dentate, 

 keels indistinct. Lodicules 3, unequal, anthers yellow, obtuse, J in. long. Ovary 

 glabrous, continued into a thick cylmdric hollow style, terminated by 3 long plumose 

 stigmas. Caryopsis ellipsoid-cylindric, crowned by the long, persistent style, endo- 

 sperm farinaceous. Somewhat resembles S. ohilianthwud^ 'Kuxz *, Gamble, t. 101 of the 

 Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Java. 



10. CEPHALOSTACHYUM, Munro ; M, Brit. Ind. vii. 411. 



Tufted, in most species the stouter nerves very broad, transverse yeins 

 often visible, but not conspicuous. Fl. heads dense, broadly obconical or 



