BAMBOOS OP THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 
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et saepe hyalina, supra glabra, infra puberula, 15 ad 30 cm longa, 3 ad 
7 cm lata; costa pallida, supra impressa, infra prominens nitida, nervi 
utrinque 8 vel 9, supra obscuri; petioli 5 ad 10 mm longi, complanati ; 
vaginae glabrae, striatae, ore truncatae et utrinque ciliis (ad 12) longis 
(ad 6 mm) munitae, ligulis etiam conspicue longe ciliatis. Flores in 
paniculis longis ramulosis e culmi nodis, ramulis foliiferis admixtis; 
panicularum ramuli ad nodos glomerulos 1 ad 1.5 cm diam. ferentes, 
glomeruli supremi aliquando subeontinui, raehis ramulorum gracilis, 
subfiliformis, minute puberulus; glomeruli spiculas multas fertiles feren- 
tes, additis paucis imperfectis et bracteis multis stramineis. Spiculae 
lineari-lanceolatae, angustae, 15 mm longae, glabrae, basi ad rachim 
vagina ovata 8 mm longa suffultae, deinde bractea parva, 2.5 mm longa, 
bicarinata, ciliata; glumae steriles 4, I 3 mm, II 6 mm. III 7 mm, IV 
10 mm, omnes 7-9-nervae et breviter mucronate; fertilis 15 mm longus, 
convolutus, mucronatus ; palea paullo brevior, etiam convoluta, byalina. 
Stamina 6, imprimis filamentis conjunctis sed cito separandis; antherae 
lineares, 6 ad 7 m!m longae, obtusae. -Ovarium tenue, stylo crustaeeo 
nitido longo et stigmatibus 3 brevibus plumosis. Fructus ignotus. 
Basilan, Eallier, January, 1904. Mindoro, Subaan, For. Bur. 11374 Merritt, 
April, May, 1908. Leyte, Palo, Elmer 7145, January, 1906. Luzon, Province 
of Bataan, Lamao River, Whitford, September, 1905. Mindanao, District of Zam- 
boanga, Copeland s. n., May, 1910. 
This bamboo is said by Merritt and by Whitford to be called anos, the native 
name given by Blanco for his Bambusa lima. Mr. Merrill thinks that it is Bam- 
busa lima Blanco, but the description of that plant, whatever it was, is not one 
which is likely to ensure identification and anos leaves can scarcely be called 
“angusta.” 
5. Schizostachyum hirtiflorum Hack, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 2 (1907) Bot. 
420. 
Schizostachyum sp. Merrill 1. c. 1 (1906) Suppl. 391. 
Luzon, Province of Benguet, Loher 1659 (Herb. Kew.) ; Sablan, Elmer 6173, 
April, 1904: Province of Cagayan, Tuguegarao, Williamson, February, 1906: Prov- 
ince of Ilocos Norte, Bur. Sci. 2240, 2310 Mearns, January, 1907 : Province of 
Pangasinan, For. Bur. 8334 Curran & Merritt, December, 1907, with diseased 
inflorescence: Province of Bataan, For. Bur. 17311 Curran, June, 1909 ( ?) : 
Province of Rizal, Loher 1658, 1667 ; Morong, Bur. Sci. 1419 Ramos, August, 1906. 
Mr. Elmer describes this species as erect, 20 to 30 feet high, 3 to 5 inches in 
diameter, growing in dry ravines. Curran & Merritt call it Meal and say that it 
is “common on ridges and slopes, forming dense thickets.” Ramos’ specimen 
bears the Tagalog name boo and has been doubtfully identified with Bambusa 
levis Blanco, but the leaves have not the under surface “molliter lanata,” and so 
I fear the identification can not be accepted. I am inclined to refer to this 
species Merrill’s no. 581, collected on Culion Island in December, 1902, which he 
says is called in Tagalog bagacan, and describes as reaching 30 to 40 feet in 
height and forming extensive dense thickets. Loher gives the native name bocaui. 
Curran’s no. 17311 is a rather imperfect specimen with terminal short inflorescence, 
but I believe it to belong to this species. 
