IS COLONEL MUNRO'S MOXOGRAni OF THE BAMBUSACE/E. 



I have not seen any specimen of this plant, and have copied the preceding description 

 from that given in German by llupreclit in the Transactions referred to above. The 

 plant is said to be commonly called Chup-tatt by the inhabitants, who use it for arrow- 

 heads and several other purposes. It is found in Ouronp, one of the Kurile Islands, in 

 i6° N. lat., and is believed to have been introduced from some of the islands still further 

 north, and is therefore probably the most northern species known of the whole family. 

 It is closely allied in some respects both to A. macrosperma and yi. racemoso, from both 

 of which it is distinguished by the absence of cilia to the vagina?, and from the latter by 

 the hairy rhachis and broader leaves. Ruprecht mentions that he had not seen any 

 perfect spiculyo. 



.'). A. Japoxica, Sicb. & Zucc, MS. apud Steud. /. c. 334. Panicula composita, ramis 

 adpressis ; spiculis numerosis, 1-2 poll, longis ; foliis tessellatis, ^-1 poll, latis, 3-9 

 poll, longis. — A. Gray in Parry's Exped. 328 ; Miquel, Prol. Fl. Japon. Annal. ]\Ius. 

 Bot. Lugduuo-Batav. ii. 284; JBambusa Iletake Sic)), et Hort. ; B. mltis Hort. Paris, 

 var. cult, spiculis 20-floris, 4 poll, longis. 



Hab. In Japonia, ins. Kiusiu ! ins. Niphon, Burger; Simoda ! Williams; Java (fide /S7e?/(/.). In hortis 

 Europte cult. ! v. s. et v. 



(Julmus 6-8-12-pedalis, suffniticosus, ramis striatis, glabris, ramulosis, fasciculatis, ramulis insequalibus 

 infra florentiam pubescentibus, internodiis 2-.3 poll, longis, apice glaucescentibus. Folia lanceolata, 

 apice setaceo acuminatissima, basi in petiolum brevem attenuata, i-l poll, lata, 3-9 poll, longa, mar- 

 ginibus seabris, ner\a8 secundariis utroque latere 4^6, venulis transversis, crebcrrimis, tessellata, 

 subtus pallidiora vel glauecscentia, glabra vel dense pubenilo-scaberula. Vaginae ssepe glaucedine 

 dense adluerente minute puncticulata tectae, striatae, eoloratje, apice ciliis pcrpaucis, cito deciduis, 

 fimbriatic, ligula conspicua producta coriacea extus subhirsuta. Panicula eomposita, ramis vel multo 

 vel pauco si)iculatis, adpressis, plerumque brevibus, angulis villosis vel pubescentibus vel in cultis 

 glabrioribus. Spiculis 2-10-20-flor8e, angusta;, ssepe subcylindriciC, 1— 4. poll, longse, rhachillie arti- 

 culis brevibus albo liirsutis. Glumce inajquales, lanceolatse, flosculis breviores ; inferior 1— 5-nervis, 

 margine interdum ciliata; superior sub 9-uervis, marginc glabra. Palea inferior sub IS-nervis, 

 lanceolata, dorso convexa, mucronato-acuta, viridis vel colorata serotina fuscescens, sub lente sca- 

 berulo-hirsutiuseula, marginc glabra ; superior interdum aequilonga vel raro multo brevior, depressa, 

 apice bimucronata, bicarinata, carinis conspicue ciliatis. Squamulm 3, longae, a:qualcs, lanceolatae, 

 ciliata;, basi nervosae. " Anthera dcfloratse petaloidco-cxplanatie, pcrsistcntes vel caducae" (Steud.). 

 Stylus cito trifidus, in stigmata 3 elongata. Ovarium oblongum, in stylum attenuatum. 



This seems to have a range of about 4 fdegrees/from 32° to 36° N. lat.) in Japan ; and 

 I am therefore surprised that I do not find a specimen of it in Ka^mpfer's herbarium. 

 It is said to be called Niga-sasa (one of Kirmpfer's names) in the island of Niphon, and 

 Me-take, and Sikah-take in the island of Kiusiu. In the specimens I have seen collected 

 in Japan, the main and partial rhachis are both very hairy; whereas in those culti- 

 vated at Kew, where this plant appears to be quite hardy, the rhachis is smooth ; and in 

 some of the specimens the lower palea, which is generally 4-5 lines long, becomes nearly 

 an inch long, whilst the upper one retains its usual length. Miquel, in the 'Annales' 

 above referred to, says that, as far as description goes, JBambusa reticulata, Ruprecht, 

 does not differ from A. Japonica ; but I believe Ruprccht's plant to be more closely 

 allied to a broad-leaved state of Fhyllostachys hambusoides. 



