24 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAril OF THE BAMBUSACE.E. 



Cii/miis 10-ir)-j)C(l;ills, iuiiiiis, fistiilosus, hcvigatus, iiitidiis, infi'i'Tio diuuietro 2 lin., iiitcriiodiis O-H-poll. 

 glaljcrriniis, apifc stepius laxe pcndulus. Ramii/i i-1 ped. et ultra longi, nuincrosi, usiiuc ad M), 

 ad iiodos glabros scmivorticillati, supcriores foliosi, a])ioo floi'if'eri, infcriorcs sicpe apliylli. Folia 

 lincari-lauccolata, basi iiuequilatcra, rotuiidata vol subattcnuata in pctiolum brevem hitcscentem, 

 plcrumqui! ;j-l. i)oll. longa, 1—6 liu. lata, intcrduin, perpauca (ad apiccm culmi), 7-8 poll, longa et 

 y liu. lata, utriuquc et margine scabra, subtus pallidiora, nervis sccundariis 4-6 fere obsolctis, terti- 

 ariis 3-J. Vuyiiue fere glabrae, superne nervosse, ore ciliis fragilibus (apieibus cito caducis) fim- 

 briatic. Panictda terminalis dcpauperata, racemosa, sub 3-pollicaris, laxa, erecta vel nutans, spi- 

 culis 2-5 plerumque 3, rhachi pedicellisque (spiculis brevioribus) pubcsoeiiti-scabris. SjAculm intra 

 glumas longe stipitatic, lineari-Ianccolatfe, li-24 poll, longjc, ])allidc stramineic, glabrse, 5-9-floraj, 

 flosculis 1-3 terniinalibus tabcsccntibus, rhacliilla; articulis pubescentibus apice scriceo-barbatis. 

 GhuiKe iutE(iuales, acumiuatte, fiosculo infcriore 3-1-plo brcviorcs, multinervosie. Paha inferior 

 lu;rl)acca, 6-8 lin. longa, lanecolata, subulato-acuminata, sub 13-ncrvis, ncr^as alternis tenuioribus 

 et aljbreviatis, colore glumarum ; superior brevier vcl fere sequilonga, apice obtusa, S-lO-uerris, 

 carinis, pra2cipue basin versus, ciliatis. Squamulcs 3 inaequales (1 multo minor), lato-oblongte, obtusae, 

 margine minute fimbriatre, basi colorato-nervosee et callosse. Stamina 3, filamentis basi callosis, 

 antheris loiigis demum exsertis. Stylus basi su))bulbosus, et liirsutus, attcnuatus et non longe supra 

 basin in stigmata 2 (fide Nccs 3) pulchre plumosa divisus. Fructus maturus 5-liuearis, oblongus, 

 (pericarpio inclusus, fide Kunth) an morbosus ?, glaber, apice residua styli basi coronata. 



This is the most beautiful of the whole genus ; and the apparent structure of the fruit 

 is quite unique. Burchell's fine specimens contain many fruits nearly ripe ; and there is 

 certainly an appearance of a pericarp, which, unless it is due to disease, I am unable to 

 explain. The structure, however, is quite different from that of berry-hearing Bamboos. 

 There is no beak enclosing the base of the style, which is decidedly articulate at the apex 

 of the fruit. The scutellum and longitudinal sulcus are outwardly perceptible after long 

 maceration. In very young specimens the base of the style is as conspicuously swollen 

 as it is in Banihusa tulda. Burchell says it is called "Taquiira mirim," and grows near 

 rivulets in woods. 



15. A. DEBiLis, Thwaites in Enum. PL Zeyl. 375. Foliis parvis, glabris, vel superne 

 pilosis, nervis transversalibus, interdum, scd raro, quam minime conspicuis, ])anicula 

 simplici, pedicellis plerumque brevissimis, axillis glandulosis, spiculis subglabris 

 3-floris, glumis longis. 



Hab. Ceylon, Prov. Ccntr. 6000-8000 p. s. m., Thwaites, C. P. N. 1 ! ; Dr. Maxwell \ ; Jlli/fit, no. 1318! 

 Thomson ! v. s. 



Culmi valde clongati (2-5 lin. in diam. Thw.), intcrnodiis 2-6 poll, longis, apice glabris vol piiis longis 

 hispidis. Folia parva, 14-3 poll, longa, sub 3 lin. lata, lineari-lanecolata, pallida, margine nno vel 

 utroque eiliata, apice acutissima, glabra vcl superne pilosa (pilis longis), basi acutata vcl subtrnncata, 

 nervis sccundariis utrinque 2 sicpc inconapicuis, vcnulis transversalibus distantibus, quam minime 

 conspicuis, sa;pe obsolctis. Vagina glabra; vcl plus miniis liis])id:c, ore ciliis 2-1 fimbriata;, ligula 

 brevi. Patnculm subsimplices ramos paucifloros somivcrticillatos terniinantcs, rhachi angulata, pedi- 

 cellis plerumque brevissimis sajpe obcuneatis, axillis glandulosis. Sjnculce 3-flora;, sub 6 lin. lougse, 

 rhachillie articulis seabris, fere glabrae. Glumce subacutse, mucronatae, 6-7-ncrviee, i)ilosulae, inferior 

 parum brevior, pallidae vcl coloratae, superior paleam inferiorem subaequans. Palea inferior 7-nervis, 

 mucronata, apice hirsutiuseula, superior apice acuminata, carinis fere glabris, longior. Sfjuamulee 

 inaequales, angustae, colorato-ncrvosae. Sti/lus cito bifidus in stigmata 2 subpurpurea. 



