( 684 ) 



for Awi-cuenl, bectaiise amoii^j,- I lie Siiiuhineso l)aiiil)()0 is no( called 

 ''Ixntihir Iml "<f>rr, and liecaiisc tlu* "s|)ecifi('" name a-o woiiNl 

 probabl} be iiiore eorreetly wrilleii c/i-ck or perhaps belter .still f?<e'^//. 



It is a remarkable fact, tlial diiriii^- the course of more than half 

 a century the natives have evidently used practically the same "specific" 

 name eueul or eueu to designate a species, which for so long a time 

 remained imperfectly known to science. This fact is also of importance, 

 in that it will be possible, by means of this constant native name, 

 to lind the species on the spot, for furtliei- study and in order to 

 obtain the seeds und fruits, as yet uidcnown to science. 



The specimens of Junghuhn's collecting number 143 are now regis- 

 tered in the Herb. Lugd, Bat. as H. L. B. n. 901, 7—617—618— 

 619- 620. 



According to the descrl[)tion ') of his journey, Junghuhn botanized 

 for some time in October 1839 iji the same high mountain regions, 

 where Dr. Pulle found his flowering Orclostachys. He does not, 

 however, mention in that publication the plant which was later 

 referred to I)y Büse 1. c. and by Miqukl 1. c. as Batnhumcea spec, 

 indet. In any case, I ha\e been unable to find anything in the descrip- 

 tion of the journey, which would gi\'e certainty regarding my surmise, 

 mentioned aboxe and still regarded as probable, that Junghuhn's sterile 

 specimen was collected in 1839. 



Dr. JoNGMANS, 2iid Conservator at the Herbarium at Leiden, was 

 so courteous as to allow me to lend to 31r. Gambi.e a small fragment 

 of Junghuhn's sterile herbarium material of Miquel's Bambusacea spec, 

 indet. n. 15, which material I had examined. 



Mr. Gamble was thus enabled to supplement his diagnosis of the 

 leaves, and further to confirm the conspecific identity found by myself, 

 of Herb. Junghuhn n. 143 witlj Herb. Pullk n. 3173. 



1 here add without alteration the generic and specific diagnoses 

 of Oreiostacliys Pullei Gamble, which Mr. J. S. Gamble F. R. S. 

 has kindly placed at my disposal, and beg to thank him heartily for 

 his disinterested help, so highly appreciated by myself. A brief resume 

 as to locality, native, names etc. is appended. 



') Junghuhn. Uilstapje naar de bosschen van de gebergten Malabar, Wajang 

 en Tiloe op Java, (in Tijdschr. voor Natuurl. Geschied, en Physiol. Vlll (1841) 

 349-41-2. 



'^) Mr. A. H. Berkhout in Wageningen, late of Dutch East Indian Forest 

 Department, was so kind as to inform me, that he observed Aivl-eueul (which he kept 

 lor Bandjusa elegantissimaj growing common on the slopes of the mountains Malabar 

 and Paloelia, but never in flower. Hasskarl (1. c. 42) gives for his Bambusa ele- 

 ganlissima: "inter monies Tilu el Malabar provinciae Bandong in terra Preangereana 

 copiosissime oltviam venit". To Hasskar^l the tlowers wer'e also unknown. 



