小篷竹 xiao peng zhu

Drepanostachyum luodianense (T. P. Yi & R. S. Wang ) P. C. Keng ex T. P. Yi.

Culms basally erect, apically drooping, ca. 10 m, 4–10 mm in diam., nearly solid, internodes terete, 8–20 cm, initially white powdery, becoming glabrous. Branches several, central dominant, to 5 m. Culm sheaths tardily deciduous, yellow-green, with purple spots, narrowly triangular, abaxially striate, appressed setose; auricles absent; ligule truncate, ciliate; blade erect or reflexed, lanceolate. Leaves 4–11 per ultimate branch. Leaf sheaths ca. 5 cm, ciliate; auricles developed; blade lanceolate, usually 5–12 × 0.7–1.7 cm, white powdery. Spikelet 1.2–1.7 cm; florets 3–5, apical one sterile. Glumes 2, membranous, 3–5-veined; lemma rigid, 8–9 mm, 7-veined; palea slightly longer than lemma, glabrous; lodicules 3, ovate, ca. 1 mm, margins ciliate. Anthers 8–9 mm. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; style 1; stigmas 2, plumose. Caryopsis unknown.

* Steep slopes; 600–1000 m. Guizhou (Chishui).