Cephalostachyum] 0X11. GRAMINEiE 681 



whorled branclilets, palea bifid at apex. 6. C. latifolium, Munro ; Gamble, t. 93. 

 Bhutan. Manipiir. Shrubby, culms 6-10 ft. high, culm-sheaths thin, papery. L. 

 10-16 by 2-4 in., n. 15-21 on I in. Fl.-heads globose, up to 2 in. diam. Caryopsis large, 

 chestnut-brown, shining, ovoid, not grooved, ^-f in. long, pericarp crustaceous, not 

 adhering to the testa, embryo not visible on the outside. 7. C. Fuchsianum, Gamble, 

 t. 94. British Bhutan, 6-8,000 ft., in dense thickets with Plectocomia. Daphla hills. 

 Semiscandent, culms small, soft, thin- walled, culm-sheaths thin, top concave, sinus 

 fringed, 12, blade Q-S in. long., subulate, reflexed. L. ovate-lanceolate, 8-14 by 2-4 in., 

 n. 15-21 on J in., the leaves immediately below the fl.-head shorter. Long white 

 bristles on top and margin of leaf -sheath. Fl. in globose terminal heads, 2 J in. diam., 

 or in a short densely-packed spike of superposed heads. 



11. DINOCHLOA, Buse : Fl. Brit. India vii. 414. 



Evergreen, climbing, culms zigzag, geniculate. Transverse veins often 

 visible on the underside of the dry leaf. Spikelets minute 1-fld., with 1-4 

 empty glumes, palea convolute, not keeled, lodicules 0. Er. ovoid, mucronate. 

 Dr. Stapf has kindly informed me that the mature seed of D. Tja7iJcorreh, 

 which is enclosed in a leathery pericarp (fleshy while immature) has no 

 endosperm, but consists mainly of a large and hard scutellum, ti-a versed by 

 fibro-vascular sti-ands, its cells having much thickened walls. Species 3, 

 possibly 5. 



1. D. andamanica, Kurz.— Syn. D. Tja7ikorr eh, Biise, var. andamanica, Gamble, t. 98. 

 Andamans (the most generally distributed Bamboo in the islands). Nicobars. Culms 

 single, gx-een, glossy, up to 300 ft. long, creeping along the ground (rooting at the 

 nodes) or climbing over the tallest trees. Branches geniculate, single, as long and as 

 stout as the culm, from which they spring, branchlets slender, numerous, in whorls, 

 hanging down with their dense foliage.'" New main branches develop annually, at 

 first leafless, curved, tendril-like, later in the season covering themselves with a dense 

 mass of foliage, which hangs down from the supporting trees and eventually smothers 

 them. Where no large trees exist, this Bamboo forms an impenetrable tangled mass, 

 spreading over shrubs and saplings. Internodes 9-18 in. long, 1 in. diam., walls thin, 

 culm-sheaths green, less than one-fourth the length of internodes, as well as culms 

 covered, while young, with a fugacious white bloom, blade leafy, deciduous, nearly as 

 broad as sheath. L. 9-12 by 2-3 in., n. 18-24 on J in., upper side polished, ligule short, 

 entire. Panicle terminal, narrow, often leafy, spikelets minute, glossy, straw-coloured. 

 The Malayan D. Tjankorreh, Buse, Munro, Bambusacese, t. 5, has smaller leaves and 

 the nerves closer together, 27-36 on J in., ligule often long, fimbriate. The fr. is 

 described as fleshy, J in. diam. or more. The fr. of the Andaman species is unknown. 

 2. D. M'ClellaEdi, Kurz, F. Fl. ii. 571 ; G-amble, t. 99. Yern. Wanwe, Burm., Chittagong. 

 Pegu Yoma, common on slopes with northerly aspect, chiefly where the heads of the 

 strata crop out. Martaban. Tenasserim. Evergreen, climbing over tall trees and 

 forming extensive thickets, culms greyish-green, wdiile young silvery from minute 

 appressed fugacious bristles, internodes 3-4 ft. long, up to 1 in. diam., walls thin, 

 branches often single. Culm-sheaths more or less persistent, shorter than internodes, 

 rounded at the mouth and bordered by a thickened, polished green margin, blade 

 leafy, often longer than sheath. L. 12-15 by 2-4 in., n. 12-21 on J in. PL not known. 

 The 1. are very similar to those of Teinost achy urn Helferi, G-amble. Two species, of 

 which the fl. are unknown, placed by Munro under Bamhusa, may possibly, when 

 more perfectly studied, find their place in JDinochloa^ as suggested by Gamble for one 

 of them. 1. B. Mastersii, Munro. Vern. Bentilan^^ Assam. Dibrugarh, Assam. An 

 extensive climber, like Calamus Rotang^ 1. 10-13 by 1\ in., n. 21-27 on J in. 2. 

 B. Marginata, Munro. Yern. Wame, Karen. Donat range between Thaungyin and 

 Haundrow, 5,000 ft. D.B. April 1859. A climber, interlacing stems and branches of 

 oak and chestnut trees, culms dark coloured, branches almost solitary. L. 6-7 by 

 l-lj in., the edges in the upper part densely shaggy, with long silky hairs, n. 24-27 

 on J in. 



12. MELOCALAMUS, Benth. ; M. Brit. Ind. vii. 409. 



M. compactiflorus, Benth, The only species. G-amble, t. 24. Syn. 

 Fseudostachyum compact iflorum, Xm-z, Ind Tor. i. t. ii. fig. 13 ; F. Fl. ii. 

 567. Vern. Daral, Bengl ; Latha, Cachar ; Lota, Chitt. ; Wanwdj Burm. ; 

 JSfachinwa, Kachin. 



Loosely tufted, spreading and climbing over tall trees, culms 50-90 ft. 

 long, nearly solid, internodes 12-24 in. long, diam. 4-l| in. Culm-sheaths 



