BAMBOOS OF INDI A

Sinarundinaria
Leaves 7-26 cm long and 1.7-2.8 cm broad, oblong-lanceolate, alternate at the base into 2 mm long petiole ending in a
scabrous acuminate point. Sometimes slightly pubescent above, faintly scabrous-serrate on the margin, mid-rib prominent,
shining glabrous; secondary veins 5-7 pairs; transverse veinlets conspicuous, raised; sheaths striate, glabrous, ciliate on
the margins, ending in a short ciliate callus, furnished with few, long, deciduous bristles; ligules short, glabrous, entire.
Inflorescence not known.
This species is allied to Sinarundinaria griffithiana (Munro) Chao & Renv. but differs by culm-sheath without ligule
and having broad nonconvexly truncate apex; leaves broader.
DISTRIBUTION
This species is reported from Nagaland as a new taxa collected during 1986 (Naithani, 1994).
Sinarundinaria pantlingii
Sinarundinaria pantlingii (Gamble)
Chao & Renv. Kew Bull. 44: 359. 1989.
(Fig. 103).
line 103
Arundinaria pantlingii Gamble, Ann.
Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 7: 129. 1896 and
in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 380. 1897;
Camus, Les Bambusees 28. 1913; Blatter,
J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 33: 902. 1930;
Butania pantlingii (Gamble) Keng, J.
Bamboo Res. 1(2): 42. 1982.
Semiarundinaria pantlingii (Gamble)
Nakai, J. Arn. Arb. 6: 121. 1928; Tewari,
Monogr. Bamboo 148. 1992.
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Fig. 103. S. pantlingii. A - leafy
branch; B - flowering branch; C - culmsheath;
D & E - empty glumes;
F - flowering glume; G - palea;
H - lodicules; I - stamen; J - pistil;
K - a portion of flowering branch.
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