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we slml] be quite unable to locate some of the species absolutely, lii addition to 
the above species, several others are represented in our herbarium, which from 
lack of complete material it is impossible to determine satisfactorily at this 
time. 
(70) GIGANTOCHLOA Kurz. 
Dilfering from Bambusa in having the filaments nnited into a tube, 
hence monadelphous. Tall arborescent species with numerous dense fas- 
cicles of spikelets in branched panicles. 
Species about 10, British India and INIalaya; one in the Philippines. 
(1) Gigantochloa scribneriana Merrill sp. nov. 
Frutex ; raniis teretibus : foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatis, 25-30 
cm. longis, 3-5 latis, ad marginem et nonnumquam supra nervos mar- 
ginales serrulato-scabris, subtus pallidis et sparse piibescentibus ; pani- 
culis ut videtur 2 vel 3 metralis, aph3'llis; ramis solitariis vel fasciculatis, 
elongatis, ad 80 cm. longis, glaliris vel puberulis; spiculis ad ramulus 
fioriferos fasciculatis, oblongo-ovatis, acutis, 1-1.5 cm. longis, fasciculis 
1-4 cm. distantibus ; glumis stexfilibus 2 vel 3, bracteolis sxipremis eis 
similibus nec non jxa^dlo brevioribus; glumis fertilibus 4-6, plus minus 
9 mm. longis, superioribus quani inferioribus longioribxxs, apice abrupte 
Ixreviter acuminatis vel acutis, piibescentibus; staminilxus 6; filamentis in 
tubo connatis; autheris linearibus, exsertis. 
Erect, apparentl}" of large size. Branches terete. Leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, acuminate, somewhat narrowed Ixelow to the petiole, 25 to 
30 cm. long, 3 to 3.5 cm. wide, tlie margins and sometimes the marginal 
nerves alxove serrulate-scabrous, beneath pale and somewhat pubescent, 
the nerves on both sides of the midrib 8 or 9; petiole 3 to 5 mm. long; 
sheaths glabinus or slightly puberulous, the mouth glabrous; ligule very 
short, truncate. Panicles apparently 2 or 3 m. long, leafless, the branches 
solitary or fascicled, elongated, about 80 cm. long, glabrous or puberu- 
lous, the bracts coriaceous, oblong or ovate-oblong, acute or acuminate, 
glabrous. Spikelets in fascicles of three to eight, the internodes 1 to 
4 cm. long, the bracteoles broadly triangular-ovate, acute, coriaceous, 
5 mm. long; spikelets oblong-ovate, acute or slightly acuminate, com- 
pressed, 1 to 1.5 cm. long; empty glumes 2 or 3, similar to the upper 
bracteoles l)ut slightly shorter, l)roadly ovate, acute or apiculate, sliglxtly 
pubescent, tlie margins ciliate; flowering glumes 4 to 6, broadly ovate, 
about 9 mm. long, 7 mm. wide, coriaceous, the apex short apiculate 
or acute, pubescent, the margins ciliate, the upper ones longer than 
tlie lowei' and the uppermost enclosing an imperfect floiver. Palea 
slightly shorter than the glumes, the two keels ciliate. Stamens 6; 
filaments united into a tube; anthers linear, exserted, 7 to 8 mm. long, 
glabrous, apiculate. Ovary pilose; style elongated, pilose. 
CuYO (14 F. Lmnson-Scrihncr) December, 1902. 
Tlie matei'ial is rather impei’fect, there being no cnlin sheatlis with tlie 
sjiecinien, and no notes as to the size of the enlms or the length of the inflores- 
