" ASSALS OP THE EOTAL BOTABIC GAIiDEX, CALCOTTA.
lacoialo sftjmas. aurijofsis in. long, red, linear, c i w n e d with tlie base of the bifid
slylo. Munro in Trma. Urn. Soc. xxyi, 20 ; Beddome flora Sglv. ccsxx.
Jloimlains o£ Ceylon. Collected b y Tliwailes in the Matm-atte District at 5,000 feet
in 185.3 ( 0 . P. 2S21).
This speoios is very near to A. Wightima, bat differs, according to llimro, in the
generally appressed branches of the panicle and the much longer, almost silkily
pubescent, spikelets containing sometimes 6 to 8 flowers.
PLATE NO. 3.—Aruudimrki jloribimdt,, Tliw. 1, leaf-branch with young flowering
panicle; 3, flowering branch—»/ iio&ral ; 3, spikelet; i & o, empty glumes"
0, floNYuring glnme; 7, palea ; 8, lodieules ; 9, stamen; 10, oTary and stigaias ;
11, venation of leiit-e:t!ar,jed (all f r om Thwaites' specimens).
4. AEUSDIXAKIA ELECASS, Xiirs in Jiuru. As. Soc. Bmrj. xlii. 818 (1873).
An evergreen, slender, tufted, shrubby bamboo. 0„lms green or blackish, 12 to 20 ft
Ingh, -3 to •» m. in cbameter, flattened on one side in alternate joints; nodes somewhat
raised; internodes 7 to 9 in. long, smooth. CUm-.lwM, one-third the lenotb of the
intemodes, papery, striate, minutely hispid above, narrowed in the upper third to a
t r u n c a t e month bearing minute auricles; ir^p.rfid Hade narrow, subulate, recurvedy
u rather broad, finely eaiate. lincar-Ianeeolate, long-acuminate, 4 to 5 in'
long by -3 to -o m. broad, narrowed at the base into a -1 to -2 in. petiole; smooth
above, glauceseent beneath; cartilaginous and scabrous on the mar-ins- main vein
conspicuous, yellow, shining beneath, secondary veins 4 to 6 pairs, intennediate 8
transverse vemlets very many, raised beneath, finely tcssellate; striate, smooth'
enthng m a mmutely eiliate callus, and furnished with short auricles bearin.. a few
ong bristles; lyuU very short. a terminal interrupted leafy panicle e^ raceme
beai-ing pedicellate spikelets; rachis thin, wiry, cm-ving, pubescent. SfiMeh 1 in. or more
long, flattened, 7- to 8-flowered; raehilla visible, wiry, clavato; .mft„ glmm, 2, -2 in Ion»'
3- to o-nerved, ovate-acuminate, keeled, eiliate on keel; ¡jUm« similar, 7-norved
with tiunsverse veins; paha shorter, 2-k6eled, white eiliate on the keels, obovate
bifid at the apex, 2-nerved between keels, 1-nerved on either side. LoiimU, 8 3- to
o-norved, ovate, acute, long eiliate. Stamms hardly eKserted, mitlmr, purple, rounded or
mucronate at the tip. Ooary smooth, oblong, surmounted by the »/jifc, which is at once
cUvided into two white plumose with thickened bases. Oanjmm not known
Kfirz For, Ft. Burma ii. 549.
Hills of Eastern Uurma, extending f r om Tenasserim and the stunted forests of the
Nattaung Hills in l l a r t a b a n at 5,000 to 7,500 feet elevation, northwards into the Na"a
Hills of Assam. ®
This is the chief Burmese species and was collected by Kurz in 1872 in the
Nattaung Hills, in flower. He also identified with it the specimens collected by
Dr. J . Anderson at I'oneshoe on the Ymian Expedition in 1808, and those agree with the
collections of G. Qallatly made for the Calcutta Botanic Garden in Tenasserim in 1877
(No. 746, Taipe, 5,000 feet) ; but both these have tl,e leaflets in pairs, supported
b y loose sheaths and the culms markedly flat on one side, which woidd seem to brinot
h em nearer to FknUoUachj!. I also i d e n t i f y as this species the JiUi (Naga) collected by
. ODIAS BAMBITSE^', GAMBLE. 7
James Rollo and Sri Gepal Banerjee in 1889 on the Naga Ilills at 5,500 feet, whero
it is used for the walls of native iiuts.
PLATE NO. i.—Anmdiimrm eler/ans, Kurz. 1, leaf-branch; 2 & 3, flowering branchlcts;
4, part of young culm—»/ imttiral size; 5, o u i m - s h e a t h — r e d u c e d ; B, spikelet; 7 &
8, empty glumes; 9, flowering glume; 10, palea; 11, lodieiile ; 12, a n t h e r ; 13, ovary
and stigmas; 14, transverse venation of li^aî—enlarged (from Kurz' No. 144 from the
Nattaung Hills).
5. ARUNDJNARIA POLYSTACHÏA, Kurz MS,
A small shrubby bamboo. Culms rather soft. Cnlm-shmllis not known. Leaves soft,
green, 6 to 8 in. long, -7 to 1 in. broad, lanceolate, acuminate; rounded or attenuate at
t h e base into a very short petiole ; ending above in a twisted point ; rough above, thinly
white hairy or smooth beneath ; scabrous on one edge ; main vein rather broad, secondary
veins 5 paii-s, conspicuous, intennediate 5 to 7, transverse vcinlets none or very few,
but lines of pellucid glands between the intermediate veins; haf-slteatlis greenish-yellow,
striate, glabrous, ending 111 0, bi'Ocwi bifid cal.lus, and produced upwards to met the ligule •
liffide long, striate, bîuut, fimbriate. Inflorescence a terminal or axillary racemose leafypanicle,
bearing narrow papery bracts about 1 in. long; racliis chanuelled on one
side. Spikehts pedicellate, '5 to '7 in. long, 4- to 6-flowered, the uppennost imjierfect ;
raehilla clavate, white-bearded, conspicuous ; anptij (jlumes 2, ovate acuminate, -2 to -3
in. long, 5- to 7-nerved, keeled and cihate towards the tip; flowering (jhmes ovate, long
acuminate, '4 to '5 in. long, 7—9-nei-ved, eiliate on the edges; palea longer than
flowering glume, 3-keeled, cih'ate en the keels, mucronate, bifid at apex, 1-norved between
and 1-nerved on either side of the keels. Ladieules 3, usually 2 ovate, obtuse, fimbriate,
with 3 conspicuous areolate veins, and others smaller; the third ovate, acute, 3-veined.
StmneM exserted ; antim long, apiculate, filaments often flexuose. Omry ovoid, glabrous ;
st^le short and at once divided into two long plumose sli'jTyias w i t h thickened bases.
North-East Himalaya and Khasia Hills from 3,000 to 5,000 feet, collected by Km-z
and T. Anderson in Sikkiin, and by Griffith and G. Mann in the Khasia Hills.
This species is characterized by the large panicle, soft leaf, long ligule, and the
absence or fewness of the transverse veinlets. It flowered in 1868 and 1876.
PLATE NO. b.—Arundinaria .polj/stachya, Kurz. 1, leaf-branch ; 2, flowering b r a n d i—
oftulural siie; 3, spikelet; 4, flowering glume; 5, palea; 6, lodieules; 7, anther; 8, ovaiy
and stigmas ; 0, transverse venation of \eai~e«larnd, (From Mann's Khasia Hills snechnen
Ko. 254.) '
6, AEUNUIN-^RIA DEBILIS, Thwaites Emmi. Fiant, Zeyl, 375.
^ A shrubby bamboo, apparently, gregarious. Cnlm elongated, much branched, -2 to
•S in. m diameter ; nodes i-ather enlarged ; intemodes 2 t o 6 in. long, glabrous at the
top or hispid with long hairs ; the upper ones smooth, yellow, shining. Oulm-stwaths not
known. Leaves small, linear-lanceolate, glaucous, 1-5 to 3 in. long, -2 to -3 in. broad acute
or sub-truncate at the base with a short -05 to -1 in. petiole ; v e r y acute at the t i f t and
with a scabrous point; glabrous or hairy above, glabrous beneath; scabrous on one edge or
b o t h ; main vein thick and prominent, secondary veins 2 to 3 pairs inconspicuous ;
intermedzato 5, transverse veinlets few, distant,, very inconspicuous, often wantin»;
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