20 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^. 



superior similis, obtusluscula, 4 liii. loiiga, carinata, utrinque 3— l-iien'is. Pulea glabrae vel apice 

 hii-stitiiisculre ; inferior menibranacea, coiivoluta, acuta, utrinque nervis 3 validis et 3 tenuioribus 

 ante apiecm dcsincntibus notata, ad basin, more insolito, biappendiculata ; superior subwquilonga, 

 l)icarinata, fere obtusa, apiecm versus longc ciliata. Squamula 3, magnae, inscqualcs, dure majorcs, 

 lanceolatae, coloratsB, ner\osae, basi crassae, apice fimbriatae. Stylus cito bifidus. 



This species is confined to Hong Kong. At page ISl of the * Hongkong Flora.' 

 Bcnthara states that he had inserted the plant on my authority. I then considered it to 

 he A. JFightiana, having only seen a portion of a panicle collected hy "Wright. I have 

 since seen much better specimens collected by Hance, and find that it is evidently quite 

 a distinct species, for reasons already detailed in describing A. Wightianti. Hance's 

 specimens indicate a distinct habit of groAvth — namely, nearly simple culms springing 

 from a creeping I'oot-stock, terminated by a single long panicle, or I)earing large leaves 

 only. AVright, however, mentions in a note that the culms were "branching at the 

 nodes." 



8. A. FLORIBUNDA, Thw. in Enum. Ceyl. Plants, 475. PaniculiR decomposittr, ramis ple- 



rumque adpressis, foliis 3-7 lin. latis, tessellatis ; vaginis primum pilis longis hir- 

 sutis ; spiculis 4-6-8-floris, pubescentibus. 



Hub. Ceylon, Maturatte Dist ! 5000 p. s. m., T/maites, C. P. 2624 ! v. s. 



Culmi ad nodos ramulosi, erecti, suffruticosi, 2-5-pedalcs, internodiis 2-4 poll, longis, apicibus pilis reversis 

 hirsutissimis. Folia lanceolata, acuminatissima, glabra, margine seiTata, uervis sccundariis utroque 

 latere 3—4, venulis trausversis sat crebris et eonspicuis tessellata, plus minus in pctiolum basi sub- 

 tuiuidum atteuuata. Vagina striatse, sacpe, et prresertim inferiores, pilis longis bulbosis hispidae, 

 tandem glabresccntes, margine s;epe coloratie, apice ciliis longis plurimis fimbriata-, ligula brcvissima. 

 Panicula in ramulis culmi terminalis, 4— G poll, longa, ramis plcrumquc adpressis, rarissime sub- 

 cxpansis, glaln-is, angulatis, in axillis parce glandulosis. Sj/icn/w in pcdicellis ina:qualibus (brcvibus 

 vel longis), 1—6-8 florae, poUicares vel ultra, subsericeo pubesceutcs. Glumce inacquales, acutae, ner- 

 vosae, apice ciliatae ; inferior minor, 2 lin. longa. Palea inferior 3| lin. longa, adpressc pubcscens, 

 nervosa, subulato-acuminata ; superior subaequilonga, apice bicuspidata. SjaawmZtc 3, inacquales ; 2 

 oblique-lauccolatae, basi coloratie, nervosa?, margine ciliata: ; tertia angustior vix nervosa, ciliata. 

 Sf>//iis cito bifidus in stigmata 2 pulchcrrimc plumosa. Fructus maturus purpurcus, I4 lin. longus, 

 linearis, apice liirsutiusculus, residua styli bifidi basi coronatus. 



This approaches very closely indeed to A. JFightiana, and has the same habit of growth. 

 It is most easily distinguished by the generally adpressed branches of the panicle, and 

 the much longer, almost silkily pubescent spicuhu, containing generally G-S flowers. 



9. A. Griffithiana, !Munro. Paniculce ramis brevibus demum rcflexis axillis hu'suto- 



glandulosis, pcdicellis plerumque brevissimis ; spiculis 5-G-floris, fere glabris ; foliis 



membranaceis, tessellatis, setaceo longe acuminatis ; internodiis culmi ajjice lanatis, 



nodis ipsis interdum spinosis et barbatis. 



llah. Ind. or. in mont. Khasia., Moflong ! Griffith ! (Assam Dcj). no. 39), Hooker] v. s. 



Culmus fistulosus, 4— 6-pedalis, internodiis 2-5 poll, longis, striatis, suleatis, apice fusco-lanatis, caetenim 



glabris; nodis prorainulis, infcrioribus saepc verticillo spinarum einctis; spatliis internodia plus 



minus superantibus ai)ieulo lanceolato sub 1 poll, longo termiuatis, margine longe fimbriatis. 



