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GAMBLE. 
6. Schizostachyum mucronatum Hack, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 3 (1908) Bot. 
169. 
Luzon, Province of Ilocos Sur, Dolores, For. Bur. 5659 Klemme, October, 1906: 
Province of Pangasinan, For. Bur. 8215 Curran & Merritt, December, 1907 : Prov- 
ince of Camarines, For. Bur. lOJtH Curran, May, 1908: Province of Bataan, For. 
Bur. 3615 Maule, January, 1906. Mindanao, District of Davao, Todaya, Elmer 
10838. 
Klemme says that this bamboo is called holo and grows in open forests on 
steep rocky slopes, being “too common;” Curran gives the name boho or cana boho; 
Maule gives the name as bo jo, and bis specimen has been identified with Bambusa 
lumampao Blanco, which may prove to be correct, at any rate there seems to be 
nothing special in Blanco’s description to prevent it. But the description might 
fit several other species just as well and the only definite thing about it is that 
B. lumampao is the bamboo from which sticks are made and commonly sold in 
Manila. Only local investigation can properly utilize this information. 
7. Schizostachyum Toppingii Gamble sp. nov. 
Prates erectus vel scandens; culmi parce fistulosi, teretes, nitidi; 
internodiis brevibus ; ramuli- duri, nitidi, f oliiferi et florif eri eodem 
culmo, nodis incrassati. Folia subcoriacea, glabra, praecipue ad ex- 
tremitates ramulorum aggregata, vaginis multis veteribus suffulta, lineari- 
lanceolata, apice longe setaceo-acuminata, basi rotnndata vel cordata, 
interdnm attenuata; marginibus scabra et saepe cartilaginea, 12 ad 30 
cm longa, 1.5 ad 3 cm lata; nervi utrinqne circiter 6; petioli breves, 
1 ad 2 cm longi, crassi; vaginae durae, striatae, ore trancatae et ciliis 
paucis ornatae, ligulis brevissimis. Flores in spicis longissimis glomer- 
ulorum panicnlatim ramulosis; glomeruli alternati, saepissime subglobosi, 
1 ad 1.5 cm diametro, inter dum dense aggregati praecipue versus apices 
ramulorum; rachis teres, uno latere sulcatus, infra nodos puberulus. 
Spiculae glabrae, in glomerulis densissime aggregatae, fertiles longiores, 
imperfectis multis admixtis, 5 ad 8 mm longae, vix acutae ; glumae steriles 
2 vel 3, ovatae, I -2 mm, II 3 mm, III 4 mm, omnes 7- ad 9-nerves, 
minute mucronatae; fertiles 5 mm longae, 9-nerves, mucronatae; palea 
4 ad 5 mm longa, 5-nervis, paullo convoluta, hyalina; lodiculae 2, minutae, 
ovatae, longe fimbriatae. Stamina 6, libera, linearia, filamentis incras- 
satis, antheris 4 mm longis, apieulo parce hirsuto, aeuminato. Ovarium 
ovatum, in stylum longum puberulum attenuatum, stigmatibus 3 plumosis. 
Caryopsis globosus, glaber, siccitate niger, 6 mm diametro, glumis per- 
sistentibus suffultus, apice paullo depressus et mucronatus; pericarpium 
tenue, facile solutum; semen pericarpio conforme; embryone ad basim 
in scutello eximie sericeo-birsuto incluso, radicula libera. 
Luzon, Province of Rizal, Montalban, Bur. Sci. 5222 Topping, July, 1908 : Prov- 
ince of Nueva Vizcaya, Quiangan, Merrill 126, June, 1902. Mindoro, summit of 
Mount Calavite, For. Bur. 9500 Merritt, February, 1908, altitude 1,200 to 1,400 m. 
I also identify with this, probably, Loher 1661 (Herb. Kew.), from the Tangso 
River, Luzon, May, 1890, but the flowers are very imperfect. 
This species comes near to S. Dielsianum and S. acutiflorum, but has the 
spikelets much less acute, the leaves thicker and crowded at the ends of the 
