Cephalostachyum.] CLxni. gramineji. 267 
(i) C. malayense Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 57, p. 118. 
Culms slender. Leaves lanceolate to lanceolate linear acumin¬ 
ate, base broad, 7 to 8 in. long, i in. wide, edges denticulate, back 
pubescent; ligule short of 2 or 3 filaments. Capitulum 2 in. long, 
obconic, -i in. through. Bracts 4 to 6, broad, sheath blades 
nearly full size. Spikelets acicular, dense surrounded by bracts 
with hairy edges 2 in. long. Glume I narrow lanceolate acuminate, 
tip hairy; glume II similar, enclosing an abortive flower. Flower¬ 
ing glumes 2, thin much longer, tips hairy. Grain oblong- 
cylindric; beak 175 in. long. Hah. Forests, rare, Perak at 
Temengoh (Ridley). 
81 . DINOCHLOA, Buse. 
Long climbing bamboos with slender much branched stems. 
Culm-sheaths thick, wrinkled at base where a broad leathery ring 
remains after it has fallen; limb long. Leaves moderate. Panicle 
very long, slender, compound, of very small heads of minute spikes. 
Spikelets i-flowered. Empty glumes i to 4, blunt, broad. Palea 
convolute, keeled. Stamens 6, free. Ovary ovate, glabrous. Fruit 
globose, pea-shaped or oblong; pericarp thin. Species 3, Burma, 
Andamans, Malay islands. 
Empty glumes 3.(i) D. Tjankorreh 
Empty glumes 4 . . . . . . . (2) D. montana 
(1) D. Tjankorreh Buse in Miq. PL Jungh. 388; Munro, Trans. 
Linn. Soc. xxvi. 153 pi. v; Gamble, Ann. Bot. Gani. Calc. vii. 112, 
pi. 98; Ridl. Mat. hi. 192. 
Culms very long, less than i in. through; branches tufted at 
the nodes; sheaths not auricled, sprinkled with minute white 
bristles; limb ovate-lanceolate. Leaves lanceolate acuminate, 6 to 
10 in. long, I to i*5 in, wide, apex subulate; mouth of sheath long, 
white, ciliate. Panicle very long, branches wiry; rachis smooth; 
clusters of spikelets small, a few fertile spikelets and many empty 
glumes. Spikelets •! in. long, ovate. Empty glumes i or 2, flower¬ 
ing glumes similar. Grain globose. Hah. In woods, not cornmon, 
Bindings at Lumut. Perak, between Lenggong and Grit (Ridley). 
Distrih. Andamans, Borneo and Java. 
(2) D. montana Ridl. Journ. Roy. 5. Soc. S. Br. 44, p. 210; 
Mat. hi. 193. 
Culms long and scrambling. Leaves lanceolate acuminate, 
8 in. long, i in. wide, base unequal, sheaths striate. Culms minutely 
pubescent, not ciliate. Panicle long; rachis pubescent, heads of 
spikelets 2-5 in. apart. Spikelets *125 to *25 in. long, straw- 
coloured. Empty glumes 4, ovate obtuse, keeled. Flowering 
glume lanceolate. Palea oblong, 2-nerved, glabrous. Lodicules 
6. Grain oblong beaked, narrowed at base, beak hairy. Hah. 
In dense forest forming compact masses at 3000 ft. altitude. 
Rare. Penang Hill (Ridley). 
