COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^. 23 



Phyllostachys bambusoides. Fl. Zeyl. 43, also quoted by Nees, is Panicum ovaUfoUum, 

 Foil-. Thw. C. P. 889 ! 



12. A. MACROSTACHTA, Necs in Linn. ix. 481. " Foliis lineari-lanceolatis subtus scabris, 

 racemo terminali, spiculis 5-6 retrofractis, 4-5 poll, longis." Hupr. I. c. 113 tab. i. 

 fig. 4 ; Steudel, I. c. 334. 



Hab. In Brasilia, Selloiv, s. v. Ruprecht. 



"Rami graciles, scabriusculi, ad nodos ramoso-subdichotomi. Folia lineari-lanceolata, 2 poll, longa, 

 2| lin. lata, basi rotundata, subtus scabra, sparse puberula, nervis primariis obsoletis, secundariis 15, 

 interstitiis punctatis. Vagina inferiores dense pubescentes, ore tenuissime fimbriatse. Spicuke 

 5-6 in racemo terminali brevipedicellatie, alternse (inferiores quidquam gemiufe), retrofractae, lon- 

 gissimse, -t-S-poll., coloratae, nervosae, sub 9-12-florae, flosculis dissitis (inferiore quidquam inani et 

 1-paleaceo, Nees) 8 lin. longis articulo rhacbillse 5-liueali glabro insidentibus. Glumte membranaceae, 

 paleis multo breviores, ovatae, mucronatse. Palea superior inferiore fere duplo brevior." Squamula 

 inaequales, apice fimbriatae. Ovarium apice pubeseens (teste icone). 



13. A. DiSTANS, Trin. in Act. Petr. I. c. 621 et icon 349. " Culmo scandente, foliis lineari- 

 lanceolatis subtus glaucescentibus, spiculis 3-4 brevipedicellatis vel sessilibus in 

 spicam terminalem dispositis, glumis fere obsoletis." — Rupr. I. c. 114, tab. ii. fig. 6 ; 

 Steud. I. c. 335. 



Hab. Braslliam : in umbrosis montis Itaeolumi, Riedel, s. v. Trinius et Ruprecht. 



" Culmus altissimus scandens, basi diametro | poll., ramis filiformibus, internodiis plus minus palmaribus ; 

 ramulis 3-5, rarius solitariis, palmaribus — spithamaeis, apice floriferis e nodis glabris erumpentibus, 

 divaricatis vel recurvis. Folia e basi ovata liueari-lanceolata, 1-2| poll, longa, 2—3 lin. lata, mucro- 

 nulato-acutata, brevipetiolata, glabra, subtus glaucesceutia et interdum scabriuscula, latere dimidio 

 nitida, margine scaberrima, costa inferne tantum conspicua, nervis primariis obsoletis, secundariis iu 

 tota lamina 24-30. Vagina striatse glabrae, margine ciliolatse, ore fimbriata; ciliis pluribus 1-2, line- 

 alibus, ligula brevissima. Spiculce 3—4, sessiles vel brevipedicellatae, in spicam terminalem dispositae, 

 8-12 lin. longfe, coloratae, 2— i-florae, rhachilla glabra. Glumm 2, pusillae, ^is nisi lentis ope con- 

 spicuae, a flosculis remotae, oblongae acutiusculae, euerves, inferior paulo brevior et angustior. Palea 

 saepe patentes, inferior acutissima, glabra, 7-nervis, superior paulo brevior (multo minor fide Ruprecht), 

 apice obtuso bifida. Squamula 3, acutiusculae, obsolete nervatae, dense fimbriatae. Stamina 3. Stylus 

 cito bifidus. Ovarium lineari-oblongum, apice attenuatum. Rudimentum terminale nullum (fide 

 Trin.)." 



I have not seen any specimen of tliis ; but from Trinius' s drawing and the description, 

 it evidently approaches very closely to Arthrostylidivm. 



14. A. VEKTiciLLATA, Necs in Agros. Bras. 523. Ramulis semiverticillatis, numerosis, 



nunc foliosis apice floriferis nunc aphyUis floriferis tantum, spiculis saepe 2 poU. et 

 ultra longis, in racemis 2-5, lineari-lanceolatis, 5-9-floris, foliis lanceolatis utrinque 

 scabris. — Kunth, Rev. Gram. ii. 483, tab. 155, 156 ; Enum. i. 427 : Rupr. I. c. 115, 

 tab. 3. fig. 7 : Trin. in Act. Petrop. I. c. 623 : Steud. /. c. 335. Ludolfia verticillata, 

 Dietr. Spec. ii. 25. 

 Hab. Brasiliam, iSe/foz<' ! ; Goyaz, £«rcAe//, no. 6-412 ! (specimina pulcherrima!), v. s. 



