30 COLONEL MONRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^. 



Journals,' Dr. Ilookor states that lie found a plant of " Praoni?" at the top of the pass 

 above " Neongong," at an (>lcvation of OSOO feet, in full seed ; and adds, " The ' Praoug' 

 sends up many flowerin- hranelics. and Ijut few leaf-bearing ones from the roots; and 

 after maturini,' its seed, and giving olf suckers from the root, the parent plant dies. 

 The fruit is boiled, and made into cakes or into beer." 



Arl'XBIXArle cognitce steriles {foliiferce tan(iim), iyilurque, qvoad gonus, dnhue. 



* Folia supra subtusque porspicue tesscllata, venulis transversis erelx'rrimis, interstitiis 

 in A. callosa et A. Uindsil oblongis, in reliquis fere quadratis. 



23. A. CALLOSA, Munro. Eoliis lineari-lauceolatis, 8-12-17 lin. latis, 8-9 poll, longis, 

 margine membranaceo, venulis transversis subdistantibus, x>ctiolo basi calloso. 



Hah. Himalaya in montibus Khasia, Moflong! alt. 6000 ped. s. m. (" pritkly-jointcd Bamboo"); My- 

 rung, alt. 5650 ped., no. 1504! " Uskong" incolis, Hooker, v. s. 



Culmus " 12-pedalis," internodiis apices versus interdum " spinoso barbatis" {Hooker), plerumquc tandem 

 flavo-hirsutis, nodis prominulis glabcrrimis. Folia lineari-lanceolata apice longe acuminata, basi 

 subcuncata et attenuata in petiolum flavescentem ima basi cal/osum, subtus pilosa vel glabra, sub- 

 coneoloria, nervis secundariis utrinque 6 conspicuis, venulis transversis crebris elevatis, interstitiis 

 oblongis. VagiiKB apices versus dense fusco birsutie, infcrne subglabne, memlirana brevissima ciliata 

 terminatse, non auriculatse sed utrinque ciliis sublongis fimbriata;, ligula brevi. 



The long leaves, with the secondary nei-ves very strongly marked, distinguish this at 

 once from all the species of uiruiidlnaria, of which the leaves only are known. In 

 Herb. Hooker, this is marked as "pi-ickly-jointed Bamboo," and it is added that "some 

 of the bearded nodes are preserved in bottles in the Kew Museum." I have already, at 

 p. 21, referred to these curious nodes ; but it is possible that they may belong to this 

 species instead of to A. Griffithiana as I suppose, although I cannot, in any of the dried 

 specimens, discover traces of any spinous processes, whereas in A. Griffithiana they are 

 often to be Ibund. 



21<. A. niRSUTA, Munro. Foliis lanccolatis, 4-10 vel raro 11 lin. latis, 2-6 poll, longis, 

 margine cartilagineo, subtus pallidis hirsutis vel demum glabresccntiljus, vaginis 

 pleruraque hirsutis, apice auric ulis reversis biappendiculatis. 



Hah. Himalaya, in montibus Khasia, Mmmg ! alt. 5G00 p. s. m. "apud saxa," Griffith; Syong ! 

 5700 p., Moflong ! 6000 p. " in sylvis, humilis eulmis spinosis," Hooker, v. s. 



CtUmus 2-4-pcdalis, "fastigiatus ramosus spinosus" (Hooker), internodiis sub '2 p(jll. longis, siepissinie (et 

 prsecipue apices versus) strigoso-hirsutis, nodis ipsis glabris. Fo/ia lanccolata, ])lcrumque 2-1 poll, 

 longa et 4—7 lin. lata (interdum majora sunt usque ad 14 lin. lata et 6 poll, longa), acutissinia, basi 

 attenuata in petiolum brevem et latum, margine cartilagineo longe fimbriato, subtus pallida et s;ej)e 

 pilis longis hirsuta, nervis secundariis utrinque 4—6, venulis transversis crebcrrimis, interstitiis qua- 

 dratis. VagiruB sulcatae, supeme pilis longis hirsu'tae vel hirsutissima;, raro demum glabreseentes 



