• iKSAlS OF THE BOl'AL EOTASIC CAEDES, CALCOIIA.
•tlmn the baso; impcrfict Hade as long oi longoi- than the slieatli, middle portion
thickened, narrow (1 m. at base), cnspidatoly acuminate, the sides widened out into
large inflated membranous wings, broadly rounded on tho top of tho sheath; ligule
narrow, -05 in. long. Lemm pale coloured, 4 to 8 in. long, 1 to 1-5 broad, lanceolate
or oblong.lanceolate, rounded at base into a -2 to -3 in. petiole ; ending above in
a subulate, setaceous, shaggy point; glabrous on both sides; main veins prominent,
secondary vems 6 to 8, mconapicnous, intermediate 5 to 7 ; leaf-sluath glabrous, striate,
•ending in a broad callus and a minute am-iclo furnished mth a few long very deciduous
slender bristles; ligule elongate, truncate. Ivjhreme a very d o n a t e d panicle,
with spicate branehlets, bearing- distant heads of few spikelets partly short sterile, partly
long fertile; riichis smooth, rather soft, striate. Spikelets -6 to '8 in. long; at first
cylindi-ic, then flattened, glabrous, bearing 1 to 4 empty glumes or gemmiparous
glumes, then 2 to 3 fertile flowers, then 1 to 2 terminal imperfect flowers, raehilla
striate; einfhj glmjua short, ovate mucronate, darker at edges, glabrous, veins promin
e n t ; Jlomnng glume similar but longer and hairy within at tho point, about 11- to
13-ncrved; palm as long as or longer than the flowering glume, many-nerved, short
ciliate on the keels. Lodicules ovate-orbicular, blunt, many-nerved, very shortly fimbriate.
Slamem with obtuse authors. Ovarg lineai-oWong, attenuate into a Jiyfe with 3 long
narrow slù/mas. Cargopsii not seen. "
Khasia and Jaiutia Hills, Assam, also Manipur. Collected in June 1850 by Hooker
and Thomson at Jasper Hill, Mahadeb, (No. 496) and at Churra (No. 1097)—2,000 to
4,000 f t . ; leaves and culm-sheaths by Q. Mann in 1889 near Jowai and Sundai
Jaintia Hills, 1,000 to 4,000 ft. It was also collected in flower by 0. B. Clarke at
Jaiutiapur, 1,000 ft., in 1885 (No. 42454), and at Manipur (No. 42322). Thus, the
known fiowering years were 1850 and 1885.
l u describing this species from the specimens at Kew, Munro has taken the eulmsheaths
on the sheet of Hooker's No. 496 as belonging to it, but in reahty they
belong to Ammiimna Griff,Uiam. Mann's specimens, which bear the names Serim, Igmh
(Khasia), Tirriuh (Kaga), Wa-eUum (Cachari), Bemar (Mikir), ChaUur (Kuki), consist of
leaves which agree in every respect with those of Hooker's specimens; and I have
therefore no reason to doubt that they, with their extraordinary culm-sheaths, belong
here. Hooker's specimens bore tho native names Turnar, tmnar, but those sent by Mann
as "Banilum Mm^iuna-Tumolt (Khasia)» are another species altogether. The remarkable
shoaths, shaggy tips to the leaves, and long distantly-flowered fistular panicles
characterize this bamboo, which is said by Mann to be used in building huts and for
basket-work in general.
Pl a t e No. iT.—Bambusa klmiana, Miinro. 1, leaf-branch; 2, part of flowerpanicle;
3, summit of young shoot showing enhn-sheaths—»/ natural size; 4, leafsheaths;
6, apex of leaf; 6, spikelet ; 7, flowering glume; 8, palea ; 9, lodieule ; 10,
anthers; 11, ovary and s t i g m a s ( N o s . 2, 4, 5 from Hooker's specimens,'
Nos. 1, 2 from G. Mann's, rest from C. B. Clarke's.)
10. llumnsA nana, Kexh. Hart. Betig. 25 (1814).
A thickly growing, evergreen, easspitose shrnb. Oulms glabrous, smooth, 6 to 10 ft.
high, -5 to 1 in. in diameter, green whon young, afterwanls yellow, hard, much
INDIAN BAMBUSEJE; GAMBLE. ^^
branched from the base ; nodes rather prominently thickened ; internodes usually 8 to
15 in. long. Culm-siieatltt green at first, then yellow, stiff, glabrous, striate, 4 to 6 in.
long, 2 to 3 in. broad, slightly attenuate upwards and rounded at the top ; imperfect
Made 2 to 3 in. long, linear, acuminate, dociirrent at the base on either side along the
rounded part of the sheath, somewhat black, apprcsscd-hairy or glabrous above, haiiy
beneath, deeiduously ciliate on the edges ; ligule narrow, enth-c. Leaves distichous, 2 to
4 in. long, '5 in. broad, linear-lanceolate; nan-owed hi a rounded or slightly tapering
base into a veiy short petiole ; above ending in a subulate twisted point ; smooth above,
whitish or glabrous and minutely pubescent beneath; main vein faint, pale beneath,
secondary veins 3 to 6, intermediate 7 to 8, no transverse vemlets, but very faint
polliieid glands ; leaf-slteaih smooth, striate, ending in a prominent ealliis and aurieled
at the mouth, the auricle fiingcd with a few long stifl; bristles ; ligule short. In-
Jloreseenee a rather short, diffuse, leafy panicle with few spilielets solitary or clustered.
Spikelets -5 to 1-5 in. long, '2 in. broad, very glabrous, straw-coloured, bearing 5 or
more flowers, separated by glabrous, flattened, '1 to '2 in. long rachillac, the terminal
flower only imperfect ; empty glumes none, or very rarely one ; Jhwering glumes '6 to '7
in., glabrous, many-nerved, ovate-acute ; pahct shorter than flowering glume, 2.kceled,
minutely ciliate only at the tip, many-nerved. Lodicules 3, unequal, "1 to '2 in. long,
enth-e, linear, somewhat concave or thickened below, usually 2-nei-ved. Stamens exsertcd,
pendulous ; anthers blunt or slightly apiculate, yellow. Ovarg obovate, rough, pubescout
above ; stgle very shoi-t, almost immediately di-viding into 3 long feathery stigmas. Cargepsis
elliptic, fm-rowed, i-oughly hairy above, and ending in a short beak. Roxl. FL
Ind. ii. 190 ; Seri. Ham. in Wall. Oat. 6036 ; Munro in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvi. 89 ; Kurz
For. Fl. Burma ii. 551; Ind. Forester i. 339 ; Vo'lgt Eort. Suh. Caie. 719. B.uibusa
GLAUCA, Loddig. Cat. et Lindi, in Fenng Oye. (1835) ; Sekulies iSgst. Veff. \-ii. 1355 ;
Bamisusa caisiA, Siel). Zitee., aeeording to Munro, Bajibusa glaucescens, Siei. Cat.
fidn Munro. Bahbusa sterilis, Eurs in Miq. Ann. Mus. Boi. Lugd. Bat. ii, 285.
Bamdusa viEini-GLAnCESOENs, Carr. in Be«. Bertie. (1869) 292. IsoHnaocnLoA PLOEinraDA,
Bilse in Miq. PI. Jungh. 390 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 422. AEimnisAMA glaucescens^
P . de Beam. Agros. 144 ; Riim. and Sell. Sgst. Veg. ii. 846 ; Nees Agros. Bras. 526 -
Euntk Enum. 426; Rupr. Baml. 23, tat. 1, Jig. 3 ; Hassk. Oat. Eort. Bagor. (IS4i) 10-
Steudel Sgn. 334 ; Zoll. Oat. 56 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 111. 413 5 JSlutiTo in Trcins. Linn
See. xxvi. 22. LunoLElA glaijcescbns, Willd. Mag. Oesellseh. Nat. Freunde Berlin (1808;
320 ; Sprneg. Sgst. Veg. i. 328 ; Link Eort. Berol. i. lOS, ii. 308. PAmcmi akbobesoexs
Lain. Ene. Meth. iv. 749. Pakicum aeborescens. Linn, aeeording to Nees.^ hut Munro points
out that Rom. and Seh. say P. aeboeescens and glaucescens. Lam. and of gardens
not of Linn. Triglossum ARQNniNACEUji, Fiseh. and Ilém. and Seh. Sgst. Veg. 846. '
A nativo of China and Japan, cultivated in India, Malaya, and Ceylon in various
places, such as tho Royal Botanic Gardens at Calcutta and Peradeniya, in Cliittagou».
Madras, Rangoon, Sing-aporo and elsewhere. The Chinese bamboo. °
I have been in doubt whether to describe this species, but as it is admitted by
Roxburgh and Kiirz, 1 think it best to include it, and to figure it, as also the similarly
introduced and more common Bamlmsa mtlgaris. It makes excellent stiff, closely-crowing
hedges, and is hardy. Kurz gives tho Burmese name as Ptt-lau-pinan-wa, ¡nd the
Malay names as Bamboo tjeenah atoos, hamhoo homer tjeenaii. Specimens sent by L Wray
Junior (No. 1560) from Gunong Brambu, Pahang, 7,000 feet, give tho Malay name as
Buia perindii: it is not said whether they were from cultivated plants or not.
Ann, Eoy. Eor. Gaiiu. Calcut-i-a, Vol. VII.
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