INTEODUCTION. INTRODUCTION.
Bengal,
Nortli. Central Western Korth-
Eastern
Himalaya,
nud
Assam.
Mftlnya
No. Name. We stern India and Gbits and Ceylon.
Burma. and
India. Deccan. Coäst.
Andamans.
1 2 3 4 6 6 7 8 9
39 Bambus a Balcooa, RoxL. 1 1 1
40 „ Tnlgnris, Scbr. i "i 1 1 1
41 „ Binghami, Gamble 1
42 „ Sin glana, Gamble
43 „ lineata, Munro 1
4i „ sellipstaobyoifies, Munro 1
46 „ Griffitliiam, Munro ...
46 Wrayi, Stapf ï
47
„ Bhxmeana, S.:b.
1
48
„ arnudioacea, Willd.
"i i • "i "i "i
1j
49
„ auriculttta. Kurz
1
50 ,, Tillosula. Kiira 1
61 „ Mastorsii. Munro i
53 „ marginata, MUHTO ï
53 Tbyrsostacbys Oliveri, Gomblp ï
ôi siamensis, Gamble 1 i
55 Gigantochloa verticOlita. Munro L
56 „ Scortet'liinii, Gamble 1
57 „ maurostacbya, Kurz Ï ï
58
„ Wrayi, Gamble
59
„ Eurzii, Gamble
1
60
„ heterostachya, Munro
1
€1
„ liauluta, Gamble
1
„ lafispiculata. Gamble 1
03
64
Osjteaantiera nigrociliata, Mnnro
„ albociliata, Munro
i i 1
1
1
G5 „ sinuata. Gamble "i
6ß
67
68
69 :
„ çarvifoli'), Brandis
„ moDostigma, Beddome ...
„ Stooksii, Munro
i
1
1
"i
i
70 ' Bourdilloni, Gamble ...
71 Dendrocalamus strictus, Nees "i 1 ï
72 , „ ' sericeus, Munro 1
73 „ membranacous, Munro ... i
74 „ sikkimensis, Gamble ... ' i
75 „ Hookeri, Munro "i 1
76 „ Haniiltonii, Nees and Arn. 1 1 "i
77 „ palellaris. Gamble 1
70 „ gigaoteus, Munro 1 1 ï
79
80
„ oaJostackyus, Hurz
„ longispatlius, Kurz "l
1
1
81 „ Braadisii, Kurz 1
83
83
„ flaaellifer, Munro
„ lonjjifimbriatus, Gamble i
84
85
86
„ Panshii, Munro
„ Collettianus, Gamble ...
Melooalamuscompactidotus. Bth. &Hk. f,
"i
1
87
8S
89
Teiuostaciyum GrilBthii, Munro
„ Wightii, Beddome
i
1
1
90 „ attenuatum, Munro "i
91 „ Dullooa, Gamble
Helfen, Gamble
Ï i
92
1 1
93
94
95
96
„ pallidum, Munro
„ latif'lium, Muoro
„ Fuebi.ianum, Gamble
1
1
1
J
1
97
98
„ pergracile, Munro
„ tlaves cens, Kurz
"i 1 i
1
99
100
JOI
„ virgatum, Kara 1
' J.
McClellandii, Kur« Z "i i 1
103
103
Schizostaoliyuin tenue, Qamble.
„ chiliantliiim. Kurz
... 1
i
104 „ Biumoi, Nees von Es. ... î
106 „ latifoliuia, Gamble 1
106 „ aciculare, Gamble ... ... 1
No. NAME.
North-
Western
India.
Contrai
India und
Deccaa.
Western
Gbdts and
Coast.
Ceylon.
Bengal,
Noithli
as tern
Himalaya,
and
Assam.
Burma,
Andamans.
i . 2 3 4 5 0 7 8 9
107
11)8
109
110
1 11
112
113
114
116
Melocanna bambusoides, Ttin,
„ bumilis, Kura
OcWandra Kbcodii, Btb. & Hk. £.
„ stridulaTbw.
,, Beddomei, Gamble
„ traTancorica, Btb.
„ Brftodisii, Gamble
„ Eidleyi, Gamble
„ setigera, Gauible
" i
" i
1
1
l
"L
1 1
1
"i
Total indigenous
„ naturalized
7
4
6 15
1
9
1
46
3
39
3
GBAKD TOTAL 11 6 16
1 ^^
49 42 31
Ill region ( 1 ) , NORTH-"WEST INDIA, the chief bamboo is Ben(kocalamiis strictus,
which is found in forest regions throughout the area, up to about 3,000 feet in the
hills. In Bihar and Gorukhpm-, Bamhcsa Balcooa is common about villages.
In the Himalaya there are four species of Arund'maria, of which the most abundant
are A. falcata and A. spatliijlora. Commonly planted everywhere is the thorny
Bamhiisa arundinacea, while B. nutans, Bendrocalamus IfamiUonii, and i>. Ilookeri
are cultivated in the lower hills and the plains adjoining. In all there are 11
species, 7 wild and 4 acclimatized.
In region (2), CENTRAL INDIA AND THE DECCAN, two species are prominent:
Bendrocalamus strictus on the drier hill slopes and in drier plains forests, and Bamhusa
anmdimcea in the hill valleys, along the rivers and (in a stunted form) on waste
lands near the eastern coast. Bambma Tidda occurs in the hills of the Eastern
Ghats in Vizagapatam and Godavari districts; Bendrocalamus sericeus on the hill of
Parasnath in Chota Nagpur; Cephalostachyimi pergracile in the Singhbhum forests;
and Oxytenanthera nigrociliata in Orissa. There are six species in all.
Region (3), THE "WESTERN GHATS AND COAST, is characterized by the prevalence
of the genera Oxytenanthera and Oclilandra. Of the former genus, four species
occur, the chief of which is Oxytenanthera Thwaitesii; while of the latter there are
five species, the most striking of which is the gregarious reed-like Ochlandra travancorica,
remarkable for its large flowers and huge fruits. On the higher hills are
found three species of Arundinaria, the most common of which is A. Wightiana^
so prevalent on the Nilgiri Hills. Teinostachyum Wightii is found in the dense
forests of the "Western Ghats. Banibusa arundiuacea and B. vulgaris are frequent
along the Malabar Coast and in the valleys leading into it. The number of
species is 16, of which one is acclimatized only.
In region (4!), CEYLON, nine indigenous and one acclimatized species are found,
only four of which are really endemic, viz., the two Arundinarias, A. delilis and
ANN. EOV. BOT. GABD. CALCUTTA, T O I . . V I I .