小花单枝竹 xiao hua dan zhi zhu

Monocladus parviflosculus W. T. Lin, J. Bamboo Res. 12(3): 3. 1993.

Culms 1–1.2 m, 4–6 mm in diam., solid or subsolid; internodes 16–39 cm, initially hispidulous, becoming glabrous; nodes flat. Culm sheaths tardily deciduous, abaxially sparsely hispid; auricles inconspicuous or small; oral setae absent; ligule ca. 0.8 mm, denticulate; blade suberect or deflexed, linear-lanceolate, base narrowed. Ultimate branchlets with 5–7 leaves. Leaf blade 11–22 × 1.5–3.2 cm, abaxially glaucous and pubescent. Pseudospikelets 1.7–2 cm; bracts 2 or 3; florets 4–6. Glumes absent; lemma 6–8 mm, abaxially sparsely hispidulous. Palea shorter than lemma, keels ciliolate, 1- or 2-veined between and 2-veined on either side of keels. Rachilla segments 3–5 mm. Lodicules unequal, 1.5–2.5 mm, glabrous, apex emarginate. Ovary ellipsoid, ca. 1 mm; style ca. 0.5 mm; stigmas 3. Fruit unknown.

* Limestone hills. Guangdong (Zhaoqing).