南川竹 nan chuan zhu

Drepanostachyum melicoideum P. C. Keng, J. Bamboo Res. 5(2): 35. 1986.

Culms initially apically drooping, 2–3 m, 7–10 mm in diam., internodes (8–)28–35 cm, glabrous; nodes without supra-nodal ridge; sheath ring elevated with persistent sheath base, hollow; wall 1.2–4 mm thick. Branches more than 10, central dominant. Culm sheaths unknown. Leaf sheaths 3.5–5 cm, basally glabrous, distally ciliate, auricles minute, densely ciliate; ligule truncate, ca. 1 mm, abaxially densely ciliate; blade lanceolate, 5.5–15 × 1–2 cm, abaxially sparsely tomentose, adaxially glabrous, secondary veins 2–4-paired, transverse veins not distinct. Spikelets 1.2–1.5 cm; florets 3–5. Glumes 2; lemma lanceolate, 9–11 mm, 7–9-veined, glabrous; palea 1–1.2 cm, apex truncate; lodicules 3. Ovary ovoid, glabrous; stigmas 2, plumose. Caryopsis unknown.

* Chongqing (Nanchuan).