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193. Arundinaria debtlis, Thw. En. p. 375. CP. 1. 

 Monro in Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. 16. p. 24, Beddome's Forrester's 

 Manual of Botany, p. 230. This is a well known plant at Nuwara 

 Eli}' a where its foliage is used as a fodder for horses. "The 

 length of the glumes at once distinguishes this from A. distans, 

 which in some respects it approaches." Mauro, 1. c. The 

 culms of this species are much elongated. 



194. Arundinaria floribunda, Thw A. c. C P. 2,624. 

 Munro, 1. c. p. 20. Beddoine, 1. c. An erect shrubby reed, 

 with culms from two to five feet high. It is given as found 

 at Maturata, but specimens found by me on the Wattakelle 

 hill many years ago are very much like this one, and I think 

 they are the same. 



" This approaches very closely indeed to A. Wightiana, 

 and has the same habit of growth. It is most easily distin- 

 guished by the generally adpressed branches of the panicle, 

 and the much longer, almost silkily pubescent spicules, con- 

 taining generally six to eight flowers." Munro. 1. c. 



195. Arundinaria Walkeriana, Munro, 1. c. p. 21. Bed- 

 dome, 1. c. Ceylon, Mrs. Walker No. 96, 1,304, J. Watson, 215, 

 Adam's Peak, Pedrotalagalla, C. P. 3,860. A. Wightiana, 

 Thwaites, En. p. 444. not N. ab Es. 



" The thickened cartilaginous margins of the leaves dis- 

 tinguish this from all the species previously described. "-Munro. 



196. Arundinaria densifolia, Munro, 1 c. 32, C. P. 3,956. 

 Horton Plains and Pedrotalagalla, Thwaites. Watson No, 25. 

 1 found this small stiff plant growing in a swamp close to the 

 residence of the Assistant Government Agent in Nuwara Eliya 

 in April, 1879, but not in flower. 



197. Bambusa vulgaris, WendL Collect. PL ii. 26, t. 

 xlvii bad (1810). B. Thouarsii, Kth. Thw. Enum. p. 375, C. 

 P. 3,252. B. surinameusis, flupr. B. Sieberi, Griseb. B. 

 arundinacea, Moon's Cat. Ceylon PL p. 26, and of others, but 



