ADDENDA 719 



P. 648. Nipa fruficans. The midrib of leaflets on the underside has (attached by the 

 middle) a number of soft linear brown scales, 



P. 650. PieGtocomla macrostacliya. The range of mountains mentioned in connection 

 with this and other species in this book, and called Bithoko in my time, sej^arates the 

 Yunzalin from the Metharauk and further south the Yunzalin from the Salween river. 

 (See Map appended to Selections from Eecords Govt, of India, Foreign Pept. XXIX. 

 1861). Mr. Manson informs me that the correct name is Bu-so-kho. 

 P. 650. DiEMONOROPS. Leaf-rachis mostly produced into a long flagellum. 

 „ „ D. Manii. Leaf -sheaths sparingly armed, sp>ines short, recurved. 

 „ ,, D. Kurzianus, Becc. Pegu. Tenasserim. Leaves dark green. 

 ., „ Add: Hectocomiopsis geminiflorus, Becc. Tenasserim. 

 „ 651. Calamus arhorescens. Bassein. Pegu. 

 „ 653. C. vimi7ialis. Mandalay. 



„ „ 0. longisetus, Vern. Khahaung or Thahaung^ Burm. G. Bogers reports an 

 erect species on the Andamans, otherwise similar to C. longisetm, 

 P. 653. Q. Doricei. Mandalay. 

 ,, „ C. andamanicits. Leaflets usually alternate. 



„ 654. C. palustris. Less armed than 0. latifolius, short scattered spines on leaf- 

 rachis. 



P. 654. Add : The following three climbing imperfectly-known kinds, the leaf-rachis 

 without flagellum, are according to G. Bogers exported as rattans from the Anda- 

 mans : 35. C. pseudorivalis, Becc. Yern. China bet. Leaflets equidistant, leaf-sheaths 

 unarmed, saccate at the top. Stems 50-80 ft. long, canes without sheaths J-f in. 

 'diam., split readily, used for cane frirniture. 36. A cane also called China bet, but 

 leaf -sheaths armed with numerous broad stiff flat spines up to | in. long. 37. Yern. 

 Safed Kiipri. Leaflets fascicled, does not split, not used for making cane furniture. 

 B. 654. Korthahia laciniosa. G. Bogers reports a second species from the Andamans. 

 Oohrea (ligule) 1-2 in. long, closely clasping the stem, leaves, leaflets and spikelets 

 smaller, fr. much larger than that of K. laciniosa. 

 P. 655. WalHchia densiflora. Assam. 



„ 655. Nannorhops Ritchleaita. Yern. Patha^ S. Y^ Punjab. 

 „ 656. Livisfona speciosa, Ohittagong. 

 „ „ Licuala peltata. Fr. orange. 



„ „ L. spinosa. Trunk smooth. Fr. red, nearly globose, J in. diam. (Bogers). 

 „ 659. Pandanus Leram, Discovered and described by Nicolas Fontana in 1778. 

 A<irial roots 8-10 ft, long. 



P. 667. Add: PhyUostacliys, No. 4. Hills north of Paptin, generally near streams, 



F. B. Manson, April 1905. Yern. Bawa^ Burm.; Mepive^ Kar. Single-stemmed, but 



forming large dense patches. Culms 12-20, sometimes up to 30 ft. Internodes 5-9 in, 



long, 1 in. diam. L. often apparently in pairs, 4-5 by -I in., pet. slender, J in.*long, 



ligule with deciduous bristles, n. 36-40 on J in., transverse veins forming squares and 



rectangles with the nerves. Leaves similar to PhyUoUachys No. 3. 



P. 672. GiganfochJoa macrostacliya. A further examination of the fl. specimens 



•collected by me in 1862, which were kindly lent me by the Boyal Bot. Gardens 



Calcutta, and a comparison with fl. specimens of Oxytenanfliera nigrociUata from 



different localities has convinced me that this species is an Oxytenavthera and should 



be called 0. macrostachya. Gamble's tab. 60 shows the palea of 0. nigroQiliata -with. 



an entire pointed apex, and the style bifid, while tab. 54 (<9^. macrostachya) has the 



apex of palea bidentate and the style entire. I find palea and style in both species 



alike ; the palea is alwaj^s bidentate, though in a young state the teeth may not have 



separated. The style is neither bifid, nor trifid (Munro, Trans. Linn. Soc. XXVI. 129), 



it is densely clothed with short stiff hairs in the greater portion of its length, and 



•with long soft often branched papillae near the apex. The character, given for 



Oxytena7ithera, that the uppermost palea is only slightly or not at all keeled, cannot, 



according to my experience, be depended upon. Kurz, F. Fl. II. 555, placed all 



Burmese Oxytena^itJierasi in Gigantochloa, and as this is the older name, it may 



eventually be right to follow him. From 0. mgrocUlata this species differs by the 



broad wavy band at the apex of culm-sheath on both sides of the blade, described by 



Kurz and figured on Gamble's t. 54, and the numerous long cilia at the mouth of 



leaf-sheath. 



P. 672 (b), Tabindahig, Burm. Wahgai, Karen. Yunzalin valley above Papun and 

 on the head- waters of the Beeling river in Martaban. Specimens collected by 

 F. B. Manson, April 1905 (received in November) have <? fl. only, without any trace of 

 ovary. Spikelets polished, lanceolate, l-lj in. long, in small fascicles of 2-8 spikelets, 

 supported by coriaceous polished sheaths, 1-2 in. long. Glumes glabrous, not ciliate 

 on the edges empty 2, flowering 4-5 5 glumes j, palea J-i in. long. Anthers 6, 

 glabrous, bidentate at the tip, sagittate at base, with very short filaments, seated on 

 a. fleshy torus. Palea ciliate and obtuse at apex, with 5 longitudinal nerves between 

 the densely cili^ate keels, lodicules none. Culms 40-60 ft. high, lower half naked 



