34 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE,^. 



Conspectus Specierum. 

 Folia inconspicue tessellata, vaginis efimbriatis. 



Spicula fere semper 1 1 -flora 1. T. Falconeri. 



Folia couspicuc tessellata, vaginis sajpe fimbriatis. 



Spieula 4— 8-flora 2. T. spatldjlorus. 



1. T. Falconeri, Ilook. fil. !MS. Foliis, subtus tantum inconspicue tessellatis, in petiolum 



sublongum supra sulcatum attenuatis ; spiculis glabris, fere semper l^Boris, in 

 racemo 5-7. — Bambusoides, Wall. Cat. 5040 ! Bambusa Jloribunda, Munro, in herb. 

 Trin. Coll. Dublin. 



Hab. In Himalaya: Nipal ! WalUch; Kumaon, Madbari Pass! alt. 8000 ped. s.m., Stracfiey et Winter- 

 bottom. V. s. 



Culmus suffruticosus, excelsus, fistulosus, intcrnodiis 4—8 poll, longis glaberrimis, ramulis fere filiformibus 

 sed validis, subscraipcdalibus, plurimis ad nodos fasciculatis. Folia angusta, teimia, pallida, 3-6 Hn. 

 lata, .3-4 poll, longa, pctiolata, apice subsetaceo-acuminata, supra striata, subtus utriuque nervis secun- 

 dariis 2-3, venulis transvcrsis distantibus quam minima conspieuis tessellata. Vayince glabrie, apice 

 quasi subito abscissie, cfimbriatse, ligula elongata dorso sublursuta. Jnflorcscetttia oinnino generis, 

 ramis primariis pedalibus et ultra, racemis brevibus 10-12 liu. longis, spiculis 3-4 liu. longis, glabris, 

 5-7, brevissime pedicellatis, fere semper sesquifloris, rarissime 2|-floris. Hi racemi, intra spatbas sub 

 1^ poll, longas ssepe cito deciduas, plerumque basi multibracteati, bracteis extremis brevibus gra- 

 datim iucrcscentibus ; interdum ad nodos ramorum racemi dense fasciculati smit. Glumte inaequales, 

 membranacea;, 1-3-nerviaj, apice fimbriatie. Palea inferior 5-7 nervis, brevimucronata, margine 

 subfimbriata, superiorcm bicarinatam dorso sulcatani apice bifidam et ciliatam vix jequans. Sr/uamuliE 

 subccquales (1 sublongior), oblongie, basi ncrvosic, apice longc ciliatte. Stylus basi subbulbosus cito 

 in stigmata 3 longa pennata divisus. Fructus immaturus lincari-oblougus. 



This appears to have been found only twice in flower — once by "Wallich, in 1821, in 

 Nepal, but without any specihed locality. This specimen was a magnificent one, with a 

 panicle evidently several feet in length. The second occasion was by Strachey and Win- 

 terbottom, on one of the lower passes of Kumaon. The leaves are unusually thin, and the 

 abrupt termination of the vaginaj, in a straight line below the petiole, affords a good 

 mark of distinction when the plant is found in leaf only. I am unable to state, from the 

 specimens I have seen, whether the flowering and leaf-bearing culms are generally dis- 

 tinct as in Section 2 of Arundinaria. There are two or three short leaf-bearing 

 branches scattei*ed occasionally amongst tlie flowering ones ; but these are not sufficient 

 to indicate the general habit of the plant, althougli they serve to identify the foliage. 

 The same remark applies also to the following species. 



2. T. srATHiFLORUS, Munro. Foliis utriuque conspicue tessellatis, petiolatis ; spiculis 



hirsutis, 4-8-floris, in racemo plerumque 1-3. — Arundinaria spathijiora, Trin. in Act. 

 Petrop. I. c. (1835), 617 et icon 350 ! ; llupr. I. c. 114, tab. ii. fig. 5 ; Steiid. Syn. 334. 

 A. procera, Wall. MS. in herb. ^Mus. Brit. ! Bambusa macro. Wall, MS. in herb. 

 Hook. ! " Genus novum B(fmbuscB affine^^ Wall. Cat. 5041 ! / 



Hah. In Himalaya : Nipal ! (florigcrcns), Wullirh ! Kumaon, Falconer ! ; Gurhwal, Dudatoli ! alt. 8500 

 ped. s. m., Strachey, Munro \; Simla, Hattu ! alt. 8KX) ped., T/iomsonl; Sikkim, Singalclali ! alt- 

 10000 ped.. Hooker; Bootan supra Chupcba in sylvis 9500-10000 ped., Griffith ! v. s. 





