262 CLXiii. GRAMINE^, [GiganiocUoa. 
glabrous except a strong fringe of hairs on edge. Flowering glumes 
similar but longer; mucro longer. Palea linear blunt. Stamen- 
tube short, anthers hairy at top. Ovary stalked, long, conic, 
hairy; style simple, hairy, green, oblong, narrowed to the top 
rugose. Hah. Bindings at Lumut. Perak, Thaiping (Wray); 
Batu Gajah (Barnard); Grit (Foxworthy). Province Wellesley, 
Permatang Bertam (Ridley). Kedah, Langgar (Burkill). Disirib. 
Tenasserim and Siam. Native names: Bulah Akar; Buluh Mata 
Rusa (deer’s eye bamboo); Buluh Seremai. 
(5) G. latifolia Ridl. 
Culms and culm-sheaths unknown. Leaves oblong-lanceolate 
acuminate, base broad, rounded; midrib prominent beneath, above 
smooth closely striate, beneath glaucous, 9 in. long, 2 in. wide; 
petioles under -i in. long, stout, broad; sheaths smooth, edges 
hairy; ligule short with a short auricle; no bristles. Inflorescences 
simple, one or two together, 2-5 ft. long; rachis hairy at first, heads 
of spikelets i to 2 in. apart, -75 in. through, deciduous sheaths *75 in. 
long, smooth, limb narrow lanceolate acuminate, -25 in. long. 
Spikelets *25 in. long, *05 in. through, cylindric. Empty glumes 
ovate acute, white hairy on the edge. Fertile ones lanceolate to 
mucronate, edges hairy. Flower i. Stamens 6, monadelphous, 
anthers linear acute, reddish, not ciliate at tip. Style slender, 
hairy. Ovary conic. Hah. Pahang, Kwala Teku, Tahan River 
(Seimund 368). 
This plant resembles G. Wrayi, Gamble, to some extent; the leaves are about 
as broad, but there are no bristles on the sheath. The spikelets are shorter 
and much narrower, smooth shining and sparsely hairy on the glume edges. 
(6) G. ligulata Gamble, Ann. Bot. Card. Calc. vii. 67, pi. 58; 
Hook. fil. F.B.I. vii. 400; Ridl. Mai. iii. 188. 
Leaves 16 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide, oblong-lanceolate, base nar¬ 
rowed unequally; petioles flat, -2 to -3 in. long, glabrous; midrib 
broad; sheath smooth ending in a cushion-like callus; ligule i in. 
long, bifid, lobes acuminate. Panicle long, branches stout, 2 ft. 
long, heads of spikelets i in. through, -5 in. apart, smaller and 
denser towards the tip, with large straw-coloured bracts at base. 
Spikelets cylindric acuminate, -5 in. long, of 2 or 4 empty glumes 
ovate mucronate edged with black hairs and 3 or 4 flowering glumes 
rather longer. Palea shorter blunt or bi-mucronate. Lodicules 0. 
Ovary depressed hairy. Hah. Rather rare. River banks. Pahang, 
Pekan; iWala Pahang. Perak, Kwala Wok (Wray); Ipoh; Tapah. 
Disirib. Siam. Native names: Buluh Telor; Buluh Mata Rusa. 
(7) G. heterostachya Munro Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 125; 
Gamble, Ann. Bot. Card. Gale. vii. 66, pi. 57; Hook. fil. F.B.I. vii. 
400; Ridl. Mat. iii. 188. 
A graceful bamboo 30 ft. long; culms slender. Leaves linear- 
lanceolate, 4 to II in. long, *5 to i in. wide, base rounded to a 
petiole •! in. long, apex setaceous, glabrous except for a few hairs 
