AS.N-ALS OF THA E O Y i l B O T I H I O GAEDEX, OALCNILA.
imrerfici Wade 4, to 6 m. long, broad, triangdar, cnspitlato, apprcssed-hniiy bonoath.
roundod at the basa, and then again decniTent in broad yayy amides iria"-e-I with few
decdnouBbHsaeSi narro»-, -I in. broad, ,vhite-l»iry outside, loaves obtag-Ianoeelate,
U to U in. long, 1-5 to 1-8 in. broad, iinoqnal at the base, and narrowly attenuate into
a short -1 m. petiole; above long aemninato, with a twisted, scabrona, setaceous pointglabrous
aboYO except the scabrous points on marginal veins, shortly pubescent beneath j
scabrous on the edges; main vein conspicuous, sliining, secondaiy reins 10 to 16
intormediaie 5 to 7, pellucid glands many, giving the appcarauce oi stren»ly marked
tranverse veiulets beneath; leaf-sUnth, glabrous or slightly hairy, ending in abroad
shining callus, straight truncate at tho mouth; Ugule short. Inlloreseence a large compound
panicle w t h spicate branches bearing heads of sterile and iertile spikclcts with chafly
bract«; rachis usually fistular, striate. Spikeleh np to 3 in. long with 1 to 2 empty or
gemmipavons glumes, o to 0 iertile flowers, and 1 to 3 terminal imperfect flowers; rachilla
obcuucate, striate, mmutely eiliato at top; empt,, ¡hmea ovate^aciite, mncionate- flower-in!,
slume ovate-lanceelatc with a broad base, acute, glabrous, sometimes with a sett subfoliaccous
point, many-nciwed ; jmim ovate, 2-ltoeled, scabrous, toothed on the keels
5-6.nerved between them, tip glabrous or pciicillate. LodieuUs almost obovato Ion»-'
fimbriate, many-iioi-ved. Anthers narrow, penicillate at the apex. Oomy ovate, acute
hairy above, with a short st/fte and 3 long haiiy stiimas. Oaryofsi, net known. Munn
in Trans. Linn. Soe. xxvi. 95,
Eastern Bengal and Assam: collected at Gongaehora in 1809 by Hamilton, and
•in Assam by Jenldns.
Very little is known of tin, plant except the original sheets in the Kew Herbarium.
But I believe I am nght in identifying with it No. 1001 cellected by G. Mann in
1S91 at Ohardnar in the Durring district of Assam, though the spikclels are not quite
so long, and the rachis not so soft and fistular as in the type. I also tliink that
(J. Mann's BhalaJd-milt.l (Asiamese) colleetei in Sib,agar in 1889, is this species. He
says It IS a sott-eulmed kind easily attacked by insects, and consequently not much
used for building
PLATE No. 3\.~.Bamlusa teres, Ham. 1, leaf-branch; 2, floworing b r a n c h - ./
natural si^e; 3, eiilm-slieath-»i,>i% 4, leaf-sheath: 3, flowering glume; 6, palea-
7, lodicules; 8, anther; 9, ovary ; 10, rachilla-»,»«»ioi enlargei. (Nos. 3 and 7 from
Manii's 'Bhdutd.makal'; rest from Hamilton's and Jenkins' specimens in the Royal
Herbarium, Kcw.J
4. B-umusi EinLEii, ». Gamih.
Culms and mlm-duaths not known. Leaves 12 to 14 in. long, 1-5 to 3 in. broad,
oblong-lanceolate; unequally narrowed at tho base into a short -2 in. broad petiole'
endmg above in a subulate scabrous point with tho margins recurved, somotimos contracted
below the tip; slightly scabrous above, especially on marginal veins, smooth
beneath; edges not scabrous; main vein narrow, shining, secondary veins 10 to 12
not conspicuous, intenuodiafc .3 to 5; leafsheatU appressed, hairy, somewhat keeled'
endmg in a narrcw calhis, and truncate at the edges where they meet the ligule; li,nk
•2 to -3 in. long, very deeply cleft in the middle into two elongate rounded lobes,
bearing long stiff cdiic. Ivfla-escenee on long spicate leafy branches bearing very
distant heads of few spikclets, many sterile; rachis ronghish. SpHcelela 1 to 2 in. long,
I S D I A N BAMBUSE^E; GAMBLE.
glabrous, lanceolate, bearing 2 to 4 empty glumes, then .3 to a fertde flowers, then
1 to 2 imperfect ones; cmpt,^ gl'ime.i ovate, inucronate, striate; fiowerincj glumes '8 in. long,
ovatc-laneeolate, glabrous without, sometimes minutely hairy within, mucronatc, nian}'-
nerved; palea shorter than flowering glumes, oblong, acute, bifid at the apex, keels
only very minutely ciliate uoar the tip, many-nerved between ; racliillaj glabrous, clubshaped,
short. Lodieules 3, two '3 iu. long, somewhat one-sided, lanceolate, long
fimbriate ; the third ovale, acute, shorter ; all many-nerved. Stamens hardly ex,sertod,
unlkers long, larrew, setose-apiculalo. Ovar^ somewhat elongate, hairy above, the style
seen dividing into three plumose stigmas. Car?jopsis not known.
Singapore: collectcd iu 1890 by H. N. Ridley (No. 169.i) at Bukit Timah.
The very long smooth spikelet, bifid palea, long lodicules and remarkable ligule
characterise this spceies, which 1 have lllaced next to B. Tulda, nutans and teres on
account of the character of the spikclets, though the culm-slieaths are not known.
PLATE NO. 32.—Barnhusa Ridletji. Gamble. 1, leaf and flower branch; 2, part of
flower spike—of rmtural size; 3, leaf-slieath ; 4, spikelet; -5, flowering glume ; 6, palea;
7, lodicules ; 8, anther ; 9, ovary and stigmas—enlarged (from specimen in Singapore
Botanical Garden Herbarium).
Ô. LIAJIIIUSA BDKMAKICA, n. sp. Gamhle.
A large handsome bamboo. Calms up to 50 or 60 ft. in height and 4 in.
in diameter, dull green, strong, nearly solid; nodes not much swollen, marked by a
wliite ring of hairs below them ; intcrnodes 12 in. long or more. Culm-slieaUis of .young
plants green, turning yellow at the edges, covered with appressed golden hairs on the
side.s, glabrous on the back, rather broader than long, rounded above; imperfeet blade
short, broad, cuspidate, cerdately rounded at baso and then again widening out into
large rounded fringed auriclcs; Ayafc short, entire. Leaves of young plants 10 to 12 in.
long, 1-5 to 3 iu. broad, oblong-lauceolate, white-haiiy on both surfaces, but less so
above; leaf-sliealhs stiiatc, very pubescent, furnished with a large rounded fringed auriclewhen
older S to 10 in. long by 1 to 1-5 iu. broad, linear-laneeelate, smooth above, whitish
and pubescent beneath, unequally attenuate or rounded at baso into a very short -1 in.
petiole, ending above iu a subulate, sctaecous, twisted, scabrous point, scabrous on the edges;
main vein prominent, secendai-y veins 7 to 8, intermediate 5 to 8, many pellucid glands;
te.if-slteath nearly glabrous, reddish-brown, keeled, ciliate on the edges, truncate at top with
a small deciduous auricle and deciduous cilim; ligule short, minutely dentate. Inftoreseenee
a paniclo of spicate branches, bearing heads of few spikelets iu the axils of .smooth
1 in. long, truncato bracts; rachis slender, wii-y, pubescent above. Spi/eelels np to 1 in.
long, narrow, many-flowered ; emplg glumes 2, striate, minutely hairy within inucronatefertile
flowers 5 to 6; flowering glumes ovato acute, mueronate, many-nerved; palea ovate
elliptic, 2-koelod, white ciliate on the keels, 4 to 5 prominent veins between, ed'o-el
overlapping; terminal 1 or 2 ilowors imperfect; rachilla short, thick, glabrous e'xcept" a
eiliato ring at tho top. Lodicules 3, two bluntly and oliquely truncate, thickened at
base, 5- to C-nervcd, the thii-d rhomboidal, narrowed at base, thinner. Stamens with
narrow anthers ending iu an apiculato point. Oeanj stalked, eylindrie, truncate, whitehairy
on top; slgle very short; stigmas 3, pubescent. Cargopsis 3 in. long, smooth except
the liaiiy top which is crowned by a persistent stylo, grooved on one side.
AXK. EOT. BOT. GAUD. CALCUTTA, YOL. "N^IL