270 
GAMBLE. 
transversalitras, ad Carinas longe ciliatae, apice mucronatae ; lodiculae 3, 
hyalinae, 2 laterales 4 mm longae, ovatae, subfalcatae ad basin inerassatae 
margine ciliatae, media paleae adnata minor, 3 mm longa, oblonga, glabra. 
Stamina 6, libera, linearia, apice obtusa, 6 mm longa. Ovarimn angnstnm, 
stigmatibns longe plnmosis. Fructus ignotus. 
Luzon, Province of Nueva Vizcaya, Caraballo Mountains, Merrill 229, May, 
28, 1902, in forests, altitude about 600 m. 
This species apparently comes near to Bambusa Horsfieldii Munro, of Java, 
but does not quite agree with the description of that plant. 
5. Bambusa Blumeana Schultes f. Syst. Veg. 7 2 (1830) 1343; Kunth Enum. 
431; Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. 26:101; Kurz in Ind. Eorester 1:340; Lindl. in 
Penny Cycl. 3:356; Gamble in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 7 (1896) 43, t. Ifi , 
et in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 7 (1897) 394. 
Bambusa spinosa Blume ex Nees in Bot. Zeit. 8 (1825) 580. 
■ Ischurochloa spinosa Biise in Miq. PI. Jungh. (1854) 389. 
Schizostachyum Durie Rupr. in Mem. Acad. Petersb. VII 5 (1839) 136. 
Bambusa Teba Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. 3 (1857) 418, fide Kurz in Ind. Forester 
1:336. 
Luzon, Province of Bulacan, Malolos, Yoder, 1906; Baliuag, Phil. PI. 190 
Merrill, Bur. Sci. 9645 Robinson, January, 1910, local name cauayan or cauayan 
totoo: Province of Bataan, Lamao River, W'hitford, September, 1905, local name 
cauayan totoo: Province of Rizal, Bosoboso, Loher 1833, March, 1893 (Herb. 
Kew. ) ; Pasay, near Manila, Merrill, May, 1909. Panay, Province of Iloilo, Ig- 
baras, Vidal 4022, March, 1886 (Herb. Kew.). Mindanao, District of Davao, 
Todaya, Elmer 10157, May,- 1909. 
Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 
3. GIGANTOCHLOA Kurz. 
1. Gigantochloa Scribneriana Merrill in Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 
390. 
Cuyo, F. Lamson- Scribner 14, December, 1902. Luzon, Province of Bulacan, 
Baliuag, Merrill, Bur. Sci. 961$ Robinson, January, 1910. Panay, Capiz, For. 
Bur. 10834 Apostol. 
I believe that I am right in identifying the three last-mentioned specimens 
with this species, though the imperfection of the type specimen makes me still 
feel not quite sure. The flowers agree well with the description, but the leaves 
differ a little; however, it has to be remembered that in these large bamboos, the 
leaves differ very greatly in size and shape, even in the same clump, according 
to the part of the culm from which they are taken. 
I have also received the specimen, quoted below, which I am unable to identify 
with certainty, but I believe it to be the common Malay species, Gigantochloa 
Atter Kurz ex Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. 26 (1868) 125. 
Polillo, Bur. Sci. 10474 McGregor, October, 1909. 
4. DENDROCALAMUS Nees. 
Spikelets large; leaves large 
Spikelets medium-sized; leaves long 
Spikelets very small 
.. 1. D. latiflorus 
.... 2. D. Gurranii 
3. D. parviflorus 
