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plantes Equinox bambusa cuadla. g 9 



inicrnodits pcdalibus el diamriro sex-iincialihu<- liMnloMs, nuibu* 

 vagina: circumponuiilur, cxtcrne setts rigidis obsito, into* glabra, 

 tandem decidual Kami terete* eongcMi, juniors* ante cxplicalio- 

 ncm apice pangcn(C4i recumti, potted crecti. Folia al tenia plana, 

 ad apiccm vagina? articulaia, decidua. Vagina? diuliu* pcrsistcnte*, 

 ad collniu pilosx. Flore* laxc sub-pauicutati. Gluma communis 

 bivaki*, mnltiflora, tloscnlis inapiculam tcrclem,arcuatamnm-anl 

 bipollrcamu di>|H>sitis, Gluma partialis bivalvi*. Pislillum hirsmnm : 

 ovarium brevilcr pcdicellalum; stigmata tria violacca. Squaiiitita 

 dijiC ovatic apicc fimbrtalo-ciliata?. Semen oblonguut* 



Habitat in rcgionibu* America* calidb, ubi Gtiadua ab incolis 

 vocaUir; uiidc nomen spccilicum. 





Ciiaumk droit, nouciix, cvlindrnme, hanl do trcnte-six pied.* ( 10 a 

 i a metres) sur seize polices (S A 6 decimetres) decirconfeivncc: 

 cspaces oompris cntrt le* timid* long* dVm pied ( 3 decimetres), 

 croux iiitcricurcmcnt t rem pi is le plus souvent ju*qu*a pen pre* an 

 tiers* d'unc can lres*clairc et a^rcablea l*oire, el ollrant miclnucrfois 

 des concretions pierrcuscs (Tabashir). 



Game meinbrancuse cmbrassaiiL chaquc cspacc compris cntre le* 

 iKtuds, persistant long-tempt aprcs la clinic dc* Icuille*, couverte 

 c\ ten en rem cut par des poils court* lrcs*nombrcux, roides an 

 toucher; glabrc intcricurcmciit* 



I r i n : i > a he mo T longuc* de six a sept pouccs (648 centimetres), 

 ]anccolcc*>curoilc*,arrondic* infcriciircmcnt, ariiculccsausonunct 

 des petioles, eadumio : peliulo iiicmbraiicux cmbrn.vanl Ic> jeunes 

 rameaux en maniere dc game, cilics stir le* bord*, muni* de poil* 

 a teur sommct, persistans 



