BAMBOOS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 
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1. Dendrocalamus latiflorus Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. 26 (1868) 152, t. 6; 
Gamble in Ann. Bot. Gard. Calc. 7 (1896) 131, t. 117, et in Hook. f. FI. Brit. Ind. 
7 (1897) 407. 
Bambusa latiflora Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. ,42 2 (1873) 250. 
Bambusa verticillata Benth. FI. ITongk. (1861) 434, fide Munro. 
Bambusa Beecheyana Munro 1. c. 108 (?). 
Luzon, Province of Camarines, San Jose de Lagonoy, Bur. Sci. 6313 Robinson, 
August 25, 1908. 
Tbough not quite sure, I believe that I am correct in the identification of this 
specimen. The only differences of any consequence seem to be that the spikelets 
are rather more hairy and the leaves narrower than in the type. Doctor Eobinson 
gives the vernacular name boton. It is said to be called bolongsina elsewhere in 
the same province. 
2. Dendrocalamus Curran ii Gamble sp. nov. 
Frutex. Culmus erectus ad 7 m altus, 6 cm diametro ; parietes 12 
mm crassi; ramuli foliiferi et floriferi distincti, foliiferi ad nodos fasci- 
eulati et basi vaginis persistentibus, dorso aureo-fulvis, brevissime apicu- 
latis, ore fimbriatis et ligulam setis multis curvatis ferentibus muniti ; 
ramuli floriferi duri ad nodos incrassati, internodiis teretibus nitidis. 
Folia lineari-lanceolata, acuminata, ad 30 cm longa et 6 cm lata, basi 
rotundata, marginibus tactu scabris, nervo medio nitido haud prominente, 
lateralibus utrinque circiter 10-12, supra opaca, glabra, infra sparsim 
sericeo-villosa ; petiolus perbrevis complanatus; vaginae striatae, scabrae, 
sericeo-villosae 1 , ore truncatae, et ciliis paucis interdum munitae, ligula 
brevi puberula. Panicula maxima, ramis permultis, ramulis longis- 
simis, curvatis, alternatim glomerulis spicularum squamatis munitis; 
internodia gradatim minora, 4—1 cm longa, uno latere sulcata, tomentosa, 
altero glabra; glomerulae parvae, 7 ad 10 mm latae, spiculis paucis 
fertilibus, aliis imperfectis inter jectis. Spiculae ovatae, aeuminatae, 10 
ad 15 mm longae, extus villosae; glumae steriles 2, late ovatae, ciliatae, 
viflosae; flores fertiles 4, addito quinto terminali imperfecto; glumae 
fertiles ovatae ad ovato-oblongae, mucronatae, marginibus ciliatae, 8 ad 
10 mm longae; paleae oblongae, minute bimucronatae, bicarinatae, carinis 
ciliatis, glumis fertilibus aequilongae. Stamina linearia, 1 mm longa, 
apiculata, apice scabro. Ovarium late ovatum, dense villosum, in stylum 
longum, tenue villosum attenuatum ; stigmatibus 1 vel 2, plumosis. 
Fructus non visus. 
Luzon, Province of Tayabas, Sampaloc, For. Bur. 10177 Curran, March, 1908. 
Polillo, Bur. Sci. 10417 McGregor, October -November, 1909 (probably). 
This must be a fine bamboo. It seems to come near to Dendrocalamus giganteus 
Munro, but the spikelets are much smaller and much more hairy. It is a pity 
that good culm-sheaths have not been collected. Curran gives the vernacular name 
as cauayan sina. The Polillo specimen is rather meager, but I believe it belongs 
to this species. 
