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Bamhiisa.] 
of about 10, I ft. apart, with numerous dry oblong bracts at base. 
Spikes numerous; bracts oblong, outer one -36 in. long. Spikelets 
•5 in. long, basal of 5 empty glumes. Glume I and II of fertile 
flower; glume II lanceolate, edge ciliate, green, tipped purple; 
glume III male with 3 stamens. Hab. Mountains at about 4000 ft. 
altitude. Selangor, Semangkok. Perak, GunongBerumbun (Ridley). 
(7) B. Wrayi Stapf. Kew Bidletin 1893, p. 14; Hook, Ic. PI, 
2253; F.B.I. vii. 394; Gamble, Ann, Bot, Card, Calc, vi. 49, pi. 46; 
Ridl, Mat. hi. 183. 
A graceful and semi-scandent bamboo, 40 to 60 ft. tall, and i in. 
through at the base, internodes yellow, the third or fourth very 
long, up to 7 ft. Leaves linear-lanceolate 8 to 10 in. long, 1-75 in. 
wide, base rounded or narrowed to a petiole, acuminate. Leaf- 
sheaths glabrous ending in a shining callus auricled with a few stiff 
hairs; ligule truncate long-haired. Panicle large; spikelets in 
short spikes clustered at nodes or in short spike-branches; spikes 
subtended by an oblong truncate bract, a short-keeled bractlet, 
2 imperfect and i fertile spikelet. Empty glumes ovate-lanceolate 
glabrous. Palea 2-keeIed ciliate, with a rachilla *2 in. long, 
terminated by an imperfect flower from between the keels. Fruit 
oblong with a short cylindric beak. Hab. Rare. Perak. On 
Gunong Inas at 4500 to 5500 ft. altitude (Wray and Yapp). Native 
name: Buluh Bersumpitan. Use: the Semang tribe make their 
blow-pipes (Sumpitan) from it. 
( 8 ) B. pauciflora Ridl. 
Culms slender *4 in. through, smooth, sheaths narrow, over 
6 in. long. Leaves lanceolate acuminate to a long point, glabrous, 
base broad, shortly narrowed to petiole, finely striate, 9 in. long, 
I in. wide; petioles thick, -i in. long; ligule very short, glabrous, 
sheaths very slender. Plowering panicle very slender, peduncle 
and branches wiry. Branches 3 or 4 in a whorl, 6 to 9 in. long, 
whorls 9 in. apart. Spikes -4 in. long, about 8 in a cluster, clusters 
•5 to -8 in. apart; spikelets -25 in. long, glabrous. Glumes not 
flattened. Basal empty glumes 2, ovate lowest very short, upper one 
nearly twice as long including 2 spikelets. Glume I ovate acute, 
edges ciliate. Palea as long, lanceolate, narrower, keeled. Stamens 
6, anthers linear apiculate. Lodicules 3, obovate spathulate 
fimbriate. Ovary oblong cylindric, hairy. Hab. Pahang, Fraser 
Hill at 4000 ft. altitude (Mhd. Nur.). Native name : Buluh Padi. 
(9) B. Klossii Ridl. 
Leaves broad oblong-lanceolate acuminate, tip twisted scabrid, 
base broad, shortly narrowed to the petiole, 8 in. long, 1-25 in. wide; 
petioles -i in. long; sheaths smooth; callus small, ligule very short, 
no bristles on mouth of sheath. Inflorescence simple, 18 in. long. 
Heads of spikelets i to 2 in. apart, *5 in. through; rachis pubescent. 
Bracts oblong-lanceolate, mucronate. Spikelets -25 in. long. 
Empty glumes lanceolate, acute mucronulate. Fertile glumes 
