48 AKKALS OE THE KOTAL BOTANIC OAIDBS, CALCUTTA.
10 anther; 11, ova.7, otyk and s t i g m a . {Fig 4. b o m a picture by W D. Ah™
lent by D,- H: T r i J é n of the Peradoniya Botanic Gardens ; the rest, except 6, irom
fresli Calcutta specimeus.)
SECTION IV.
16. BAJIBUSA SCHIZOSTACHYOIDES, Kurz MS.
An evergreen, arboreous, tnfted bamboo. 30 to 30 f t high, 3 to i in. in « a m -
eter green, glossy; nodes not thickened; internodc, 1-5 to 2 £t. long walls V r y thn
W e h e s l ' t o ' 4 f r ó „ each node, loaf-bearing below, Sower-bearing abo™.
unknown. lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, 4 to 7 m long, -6 1 ^ ^
rounded or attenuate below into a short -1 in. pot.ole; above endmg m a subulate
twisted, soabrons point; scabrous above along mai^rnal veins and ^ ^ ^
otherw se smooth; pale and glabrous beneath; scabrous on one or bo h ™
^ein shining, e.nsplonous, secondary 5 to 6, intermediate 5;
at first, then g l a b L s , ending abruptly without callus, and furmshod wr h 6 to 10 ong
w-hite, twisted, stiff bristles on a long falcate auriole, eihate at the e d g ^ J .
a spioate terminal panicle, bearing bractoate heads ^ ^
„arrow, smooth truncate or acuminate; raoHs truncate pubescen , J™'^
Ion... SjAelet, smooth, cylindric, •» to -8 in. long, bearrng 1 to 2 empty S ^ » » ften
2 to 3 fe too flowers, then a t o ^ n a l imperfect one, raohrlta short, g l a b w s , ,
ovate, mncronate, many-nerved; . d«
above; narrow, acuminate, membranous, -5 in. long, 3-nerv d on
on th ¿ e l s . Lo^icuU 0 to 3, often wanting, when present lanceolate, ^^^^^^^
-nervod, sho.tly oiliate, one much larger than the others. ^ ' - " ' ^ ^ i T Í y
„ „ í f r r , m r o l e -3 to -3 in. long, cells unequal, roughly apioulate. O m , stalkecl, nany,
flattened andtomewhat triquetrous, gr-adually narrowed upwards rnto
on ' ¡ 1 d v i i n ^ into 3 minutely hairy Oar„m obliquely oblong, nearly
! n. t n g , rmooti. ending in a i L g s¿fE beak. O — A C H ™ . " '
For Fe Buma, 565. MKl.oc«tNA? iti«™ in Trms. Lmn Soc. xxvi. 134.
Tropical forests of South Andaman; found b y K n r . at « f f = f " ,
Tire genns to which this species belongs had been somewhat m ^ ^ t ; but fte q u e.
tion was ^ t at rest in the ' Genera Plantarum,' in which Bcntham and Hooker fil. finri^
decided it to be a It is one of the few bamboos known to grow rn the
A n f a l n Islands, and is remarkable for its narrow, acumrnate, membranous palea, and
^ . ' - f - b r a n o h ; 2, flower-bearing
b r a n h - . / 3, spikelot; 4, empty glume; 5, flowerrng gmme; 6 palea;
T í o i o Í J 8, anther! o! ovary and stigmas; 10, l e a f - s h e a t h - . ( A U fronr
K.urz' specimens.)
SECTION V.
17 BAMBUSA GEIFI'ITHIASA, Munro in Tram. Linn. Soo. xxvi. 09.
: l h e base into I s h ^ ' s in. thick petiole; ending in a subulate, twrstod, scabrous pomt;
BAMBUSEJL GAMBLE.
smooth above, except on the scabrous marginal veins, glaucous beneath ; scabrous on the
odo-es; main vein thick, prominent, secondary veins 13 to 17, intermediate o, pel noid
g k n d s fi^qncnt, giving the appearance of strong transverse veinlets on the under surface ;
L / - » / , » fA striate, glabrous, keeled , ending in a narrow shining oallns, and furnished
at the mouth with large erescent-shapcd reflexed auricles up to -7 m long and
stronoly frin-cd with long bristles; U<jah elongate, obtuse or triangular, cihate, oiton
doepfy oleit. Irprescmce a toiininal panicle with spicate branches bearing distant head.s
of spikelets; soft, hollow, the distance between the heads varymg from 1 to 4
in. Spikdds cylindrical, 'ô to -6 in. long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, glabrous, with two
empty glmnes, one fertile flower and one rudimentary flower on a termmal produced
inchilla, the rudimentary flower three times as long as tlie clavate, glabrous rachilla;
cmptu ghme! ovate-acute, many-nerved, glabrous; Jlo„cHag flumes similar but larger
and mucronate, convolute; p«lm as long, membranaceous, 2-keoled, the keels glabrous,
acute, manyncrved, bearing in the deep concavity between the keels the rachdla of the
rudimentaiy floiver. Loiiouha 3, hyaline, long-fiinbriate, two ovate obtuse, the thu'd
smaller acute. Stamem exserted, anthers obtuse, bifld at the apex. Omry ovoid, smooth,
=.radnally attenuated into a »ijfc wMch is almost at once divided into 3 long plumose
stismal. Oaryopsis not known. DEmaocALAMUS GMPFLTHIALCDB, Kur~. Fer. M. Burma ii.
562. BASIBDSA sp., C n J / i •'»«"'•. P- ,, ^ . „ „ . „ ^ ,
Upper Bm-ma, banks of the Moganng river, collected b y GnfBth in September 18.3,.
This species i . characterised by the one-flowered spikelets (like the 1 orak B Wruy,,
Stapf), b y the palea having glabrous keels, b y the very soft hollow rachis, and by the
long-fringed leaf auricles. It has only been once found, but it may be hoped, now
that the Mogaung valley is becoming better known, tliat it may soon be «discovered.
Specimens received from Bm-ma, from the Kyaukshat Forest, Tenasscrnn, m 1801, by
n L e Wamjeus (Bunnese), have somewhat similar leaves, but they are more rounded
and much longer petioled; then, the rachis is solid, and although the flowers are only in
the early bud sta"-e, there is enough to show that they are quite different and have
ciliated paleas. It is not clear why Kura transferred this species to Dendreealamus.
Griflith, in his Journal, p. 00, refers to it as a •• Bambusa, vaginis cello barbatis."
PL.\TE NO. U.—Bambusa Grifithiana, Munro. 1, leaf-branch ; 2 & 3, part of flowering
l,j.anch-o/»«i»>oi siic; 4 & 5, spikclet; 6, flowering glume; 7, palea; 8, terminal imperfect
flower; 9, lochculcs; 10, antlier; 11, ovary, and stigmas-«»,«l'ijrf (all from OriEBtlrs
specimens).
18. BAMBUSA WKAVI, Slapf in Eew Bulletin, 1893, 14.
A graceful, semi-scandent bamboo. Culm 40 to 60 ft. high, about 1 in. in diameter,
very thin, thé top curving round almost to the ground; internodes ycUow, glabrous,
shining, fistular, the thii-d or fourth from the ground veiy long, sometimes as long as
7 ft. °'cnim-slitaths not described. Leaves linear-lanceolate, smooth, 8 to 10 in. long
by about 1 in. broad, rounded or attenuate at the base into a narrow, '1 in. long petiole,
above very narrowly acnminate, glabrous on both sides ; main vein prominent, secondary
veins 7 to 8, intermediate 5 to 7 ; leaf-shealhs pale, striate, glabrous, ending in a shining
callus and anricled with a few stiff cilia! ; UsuU truncate, short, fm-nished with long (often
•4 to -5 in.) stiff haii-s. Lnjlwescenee a large branching panicle bearing loaves, and with
t h e clusters of spikelets collected at the nodes or in short spicate branches; rachis smooth
AKN. EOY. EÛT. G.-VUD. CAI-CUHA, VOL. TII.