Ô0 ANNALS OP THE EOrAL BOTANIC GARDEN, CALCUTTA.
leaving- a central lino clear, make it easily recognizable. Kiirz gives tlie names JVn-nei!
and Talaqu-ioa (Burmese), JIann gives Kalia (Bengali), while other specimens from
Burma hear the uamc Wanway. Km-z places it in the genus Giganiochioa in his Forest
Flora; but in the absence of flowers I prefer to retain it under Baanhim, to which it
seems to me more properly to belong. It may be hoped that flowoi-s will soon bo
procurable which will settle its position. It is a handsome species and its culms ought
to be useful.
PLATE NO. >^^.--Bamhusa auriculaia, Kurz, 1 & 2, leaf-branches—0/ naiural size;
3, c u l m - s h e a t h — t o aUut J (from Calcxitta Botanic Garden specimens).
22. BAMBUSA ViLLosuia, Eiirs For. Fl. Bxcrma ii. 553.
Au alraos.t simple-stemmed, rarely tufted bamboo, the culms usually arising singly
from the stock. Culms about 3 in. in diameter; internodes 12 to 15 in. long; nodes
hardly raised. Culm-sheaths truncate, cihate on the margins, glabrous outside;
imperfect Hade absent. Leaves linear, somewhat cuspidatc; 0 to 8 in. long, '5 to -8
in. broad; narrowed or rounded at the base into a very short petiole; ending above
in a cuspidate, long, twisted, setaceous, scabrous point; scabrous on marginal veins
above, otherwise glabrous; glaucescent beneath, hairy near the petiole; edges scabrous;
main veins conspicuous, shining, secondai7 veins 6 to 12, not conspicuous, intcmiediate
5, pellucid glands which appear in dried specimens as transverse veins; loaf-sheatha
sti-iate, minutely villous, then glabrescent, whitish-ciliate on the margins, somewliat
keeled, ending above in prominent shining calluses, and bearing on one side a large
rounded long-fringed auricle; licfule short. Inflorescence, &c., not known.
Limestone Hills of Hartaban and Upper Tenasserim: collectod by Brandis in
1862 in the YQnzalin Valley (No. 38i).
This is the Tahendeinioa (Burmese), Wami (Karen) of Kurz; but very little is
known about it. It is said to be useful for basket work.
23. BAJIBUSA MASTEESII, Munro in Trans. Linn. Soo. xxvi. 113.
A climbing bamboo. Ctilms small, reed-like. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 10 to 13
in. long, usually 1'5 in. broad; attenuated at the yellowish base into a glandular
(? wrinkled) "2 in. petiole which is often hairy; rostrate-acuminate at the hairy tip,
glabrous on both sides except on the midrib towards the base and tlie scabrous
points on marginal veins, glaucescent beneath; scabrous on the edges; main vein
yellowish, shining, secondary veins 10 to 12 pairs, intermediate 5, transverse voinlcts
formed by pellucid glands oblique; Icaf-sheaths striate, ciliato on the edges, haii-y on
the sides with appressed stiff hairs ending in a narrow callus and sliorfc auricles bearing
several stiff long folded bristles; Ugide veiy short.
Assam: collected by Hasters at Dibrugarh, No. 1123.
Tlie Assamese name is Benti hans. Vei-y little is known of this species.
24. BAMUUSA MAUCINATA, Munro in Trans. Linn, Soc. xxvi. 114.
A tall scandeut bamboo. C^ilms iistular, g'abrous, dark-coloured; branches subsohtary
or fasciculate, defiexedj branchlets bracteate, geniculate, and twisted at the
IKDIAlii BAMBtJSE^! GAMBLE.
top, few-leavcd; internodes of lower part hirsute above. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, G to
7 in, long, 1 to 1-2 in. broad, glabrous on both surfaces; rounded at the base into
a -I to -3 in. petiole; acuminate above in a setaceous point, the margins near the
top shaggy with long, thick, silky hairs; main vein yellowish below, .secondary veins
4 to 7 pairs, intermediate 7, transverse veinlets few, oblique, formed by pellucid
glands; leaf,sheaths striate, keeled, glabrous, ending in a ciliate oalkis; Ugule short,
truncate, dentate, hairy outside.
Tenasseiim: collected by Brandis on the top of the Daunat Kango at 5,000 ft,
(No. 371).
This may prove to bo a Diaoehloa when better known. It is called Wamc
(Karen) and climbs among the branches of the oak and chestnut trees. The fringe
on the upper margins of the leaves is very remarkable and characteristic.
Species of BAMBUS
B. audamanica, Kiuz
B . attenuata, Thwaites
B . baccifeiu, Eoxb. .
B . biiolia, Sieb.
B . bitung, Hassk. .
B. bitung, Eoem. and S
B- BiaDdisii, Munro
B. calostacliya, Km-z
B . capitata, Wall, and G
B. FalcoLeri, llunro
B . Fax, Poiret .
B . fiagellifem, Giiffith
B . gigaaitea, Wall. ,
B . gracilis, Wall. .
B . Helferi, Munro .
B. loDgispatba, Kurz
B. macro—, Wall. .
B . M'Clellaadii, Munro
B . maxima, ßuch.-nam.
B . micropbylla, Gi'ifE.
B. monogyna, Griff.
B. nigrociliata, Biise-
B. pseudarundinacea, Steu
B . pubescens, Lodd. .
B . regia, Thorns.
B. reticulata, Eupr.
B . Eitcheyi, Munro .
B. seandens, BI.
B. scriptoria, Dennst.
B. siamen&is, Kurz .
B. stricto, Eoxb,
B. Tonioo, Buch.-Ham.
B. vertioillata, Willd.
B. veiticiUata, Eottler
B . Wigbtii, Munro .
now referred to other genera.
— Osyteuanfcbera nigrociliata, Munro.
= Teinostachj-uni attenuatum, Munro.
= Meloeanna bambusoides, Trin.
= Pliyllostaohya bambusoides, Siub. and Zucc.
= Oxytenantliera nigi'ociliata, Munro.
= Dendrocalamus flagdlifer, Munro.
= Dcndrocalaraus Brandisii, Kurz.
= Dendrorcalamus calostachjus. Kurz.
= Cephalostacbyum capitatura, Munro.
= Dendrocalamus Hamiltonii, Ness and Am, (in part).
= Meloeanna bumilis, Eooperb.
= Dendrocalamiis flagellifor, Munro.
= Dendrocalamus giganieus, Munro.
= Oxytenantliera nigrociliata, Munro.
= Teinostacbyura Helferi, Gamble.
= Dendrocalamus longispatbus, Kurz.
= Arun dinari a spatbißora, Trin.
= Dinocbloa M'Clellandii, Gamble.
= Dendrocalamus Hamiltonii, Nees and Am.
= Anmdiuaria micropbylla, Munro.
= Dendrocalamus Hamiltonii, Nees and Ai'n.
= Osytenantbera nigrociliata, Munro.
= Gigantocbloa verticillato, Munro.
= Dendi-ocalamus strietus, Nees.
= Tbyrsostachys siamensis, Gamble.
= rbyllostacbys bambusoides, Sieb, and Zucc.
= Oxytenanthci-a monostigma, Bedd.
= Dinocbloa Tjankorreb, Biise.
= Ooblandiu Itheedii, Tbw.
= " Tbyrsostachys siamensis, Gamble.
= Dendrocalamus sti-ictus, Nees.
= Ditto ditto.
= Gigantocbloa verticillata, Munro.
= Dendrocalamus strietus, Nees.
= Ochlandra Brandisii, Gamble.
IS. EOY. BOT. GARD. CALCUTTA, TOL. V I I.