36 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE.E. 



jS/;ecie* florifcrce (2 tantum cognitce) . 



Spiculfc latic, glumis infcrioribus pcrsistentibus, sacpissime apicc in 



lamiuam foliaceam extensis. Folia margine uno fimbriata . . 1. P. bumbusoides. 



Spiculte angustie, glumis infcrioribus cito caducis, plcrumque 

 apicc simplicitcr acuiniuatis. Folia margiue utroque 

 timbriata 2. P. Stauntoni. 



1. P. BAMBUSOIDES, Sieb. & Zucc. /. c. 715. Culmo supcrne laevissimo, flavido, foliis 

 |)l(>ruin(iuc 3— i poll, longis, supra glabi'is, marginc uno quasi setoso-fimbriatis, 

 spiculis 3— 1-floris, glumis in spiculis infimis semper apice foliaceis, bracteis invo- 

 lucrantibus brevibus obtusis. — Steudel, I. c. 339 ; Miquel, /. c. 284. Bambusa reti- 

 culata, Rupr. I. c. 148. B. bifolia, Sieb. MS. in herb. Zuccarini (var. foliis angustis, 

 ciliis vaginaj obsoletis). /3. " forma uberior, foliis vulgo majoribus et spiculis lougius 

 podicellatis." P. megastuchya, Steud. in Flora, Bot. Zcit. IBiG, 21, et I. c. 339 ; Walp. 

 Ann. i. 946. P. macrantha, Sieb. et Zucc. in Flora, 34 (teste Miquel). Bambusa 

 reticulata, var. macroplnjlla, Rupr. /. c. 



Hah. in Japonia, Kampfer, herb, in Mm. Brit. fol. 98 ! 99 ! Langsdorf, Siebold, Pierot, Buerger ! ; China, 

 Amoy ! no. 2073, /. de Grijs ; Himalaya, Mislimec, Premsong ! Griffith ; var. foliis latis albo-margi- 

 natis, Japonia, Kcempfer, liorb. fol. 70 ! Veitch ! ; ins. Kiusiu, Pierot. v. s. 



Culmus arundlnaeeus, elatus (Siebold) vel 10-12-pcdalis (Griff.) incrmis, semitere.i, flavidiis, superne 

 lajvissimus ; nodis promincntibus, glabcn-imis ; ramis multinodosis, iutcrdum brcvissimis, scmiverticil- 

 latis, iteruni ranmlosis, ultimis in statu florifcro spicas sessilcs fcreutibus. Folia oblongo-lanceolata, 

 basi rotimdata vcl attcnuata, petiolata, apicc acutissima, nunc disticho-alterna nunc 2-3 ad ramu- 

 lorura apices aggregata, plerumque 4-9 lin. lata et 3-4 poll, longa, interdiun (teste Miquel), in ramis 

 sterilibus, 3 poll, lata et 1 ped. longa, supra glabra, subtus pallida ct saepe pra^cipuc basin versus 

 pubesccntia, uno margine setoso-ciliata setis distantibus, nervis secundariis utroque latere 5-6, vel 

 intcrdum 14 (Miq.), venulis transvcrsis crcbcrrimis, pulclire tcsscUata. Vagina striatse, plerumque 

 glabcrrimae, sapc usque ad basin solutoe, " in apicc truncato pubcsccntes et sctis rigidulis, 1-2 lin. 

 longis, dcmum dcciduis (intcrdum obsoletis) munitac ; " superne uno marginc ciliatic, ligula ])lus minus 

 conspicua. Inflorescentia valdc varialjilis, s;epc (foliis caducis) aspcctu pauicuUe subbipcdalis amplae 

 et lucida;, radiis irregulariter spicifcris, sed (meo scnsu) vera tcrminalis in ramulis ultimis, ima basi 

 bracteis obtusis bre\'ibus et laevibxis obtectis, spicis fcrtilibus 3-5 sessilibus, simplicitcr racemosa. 

 Spica glumis imbricata, 1-2 poll, longa, spiculis 3-5 fertilibus, intcrdum, teste Steudel, adjectis infra 

 spiculis plurimis (6-9), repctito involucrantibus, sterilibus. Spicula fertilis 3-5-flora, 10-12 lin. 

 longa. GlmruB multinervia;, inferior in spiculis infimis multo major, apice in laminam foliaceam ex- 

 tensa, in spiculis (ct sscpe spicularum flosculis) suprcmis bre\'ior et simplicitcr acuminata fit ; supe- 

 rior, in spiculis infimis brcvis, inacquilatcra, oblique acuta, gradatim, in eadcm spica, longior ct 

 bicarinata fit et tandem inferiorcm a;quat ; attamcu, in spicula suprcma, nou raro deficitur. Palea 

 inferior hirsutiuscula, nervosa, acuta, raro, uti gluma;, in a])pcudicem foliaceam extcnsa; superior 

 angustior, subiequilonga, apicem versus bicarinata et bimucronata. Squaniula lanccolata;, basi 

 attenuate, hyaliiuc, inconspicuc vcnosse. Stamina 3, filamcntis tandem lougissimis, antherarum 

 connectivo apiculato. Stylus longissimus, primura indivisus, sub anthesin dimidia pars superior 

 in stigmata 3 divisa. Qvarium glabrum, basi stipitatura, apicc in stylum longum attenuatum. 



I believe I am right in referring some flowering specimens of a Bamboo in Kicmpfer's 

 herbarium in the British Museum to this species ; Ijut unfortunately they are not in 



