14 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAril OF THE DAMBUSACE/E. 



dciitia ; ramis intcrdum ad nodos fascicxilatis vel fere vcrticillatis. Folia plcruniquc parva vemtlis 

 transcersis nunc obscuris nunc quam maxime conspicuis tessellata. Inflorcscentia plcrumquc termi- 

 nalis; iutcrdum simpHcissima, raccmo spiculis l-^l fere spicato; intcrdum racemvs rompositus decom- 

 positusque laxus aniplissimus axillis glandulosis; intcrdum ranmli Jloriferi basifere aphylli, ad nodos 

 dense fascic'ulati vcl vcrticillati sunt, horum ramulorum pauci prolifcri et bine quasi compositi sunt, 

 scd ramii/is ii/timis nunquam basi longe braclcatis. Deniquc in nonnuUis spcciebus culmi floriferi 

 et flori^cri divorsi sunt. 



The greatest caprice has been shown in the alteration by successive botanists of the 

 name of this genus, especially Avhen it is considered that no doubt was entertained by 

 them of the identity of the original species, Arundinaria macrosperma. Michaux ori- 

 ginally called it Arundinaria; and Persoon, writing very shortly afterwards, quotes 

 Michaux's name, but alters it to Mieffia. This name could not stand, because it had 

 been previously, in 1789, adopted by Schreber for quite a distinct genus of grasses. 

 Consequently Willdenow altered the name, in 1808, to Ludolfia, assigning as a reason 

 for so doing the great resemblance which the original word Armidinaria bears to 

 Linnfcus's genus Arnndo. Smith, in Rees's ' Cyclopaedia,' adopts the same argument. 

 Fischer, an excellent botanist, in 1812, created the generic name Triglossnm, of a 

 single spicula of which he gives a very fair drawing in ' Catalogus Horti Gorenkis.' 

 He says the genus is distinct from Ludolfia in having all the flowers hermaphrodite, 

 with 3 squamuke. Both these characters are especially peculiar to Arundinaria, and 

 the drawing is evidently that of a spicula of Arundinaria macrosperma. 



Conspectus Specierum. 



Sect. I. Inflorescentia terminalis, i. c. rami ramulive basi foliiferi apice florigeri. 

 Folia venulis transversis valde consjncuis tessellata. Stylus cito B-Jidus. 

 Spicules multi- (plus quam 5-) florae. 



Panicula simplex semelvc composita, plcnimquc raccmosa, paucispi- 

 culata. 



Vagina; apice fimbriatee. 



Arborcscens vel suflruticosa, foliis ^,-2 poll, latis, panicula do- 

 paupcrata, spiculis longis 1-3-5, palea inferiore phis minus, 

 scmj)er margine, hirsuta . . . . . . . \. A. macrosperma. 



Suflruticosa, foliis maximis 6 lin. latis, panicula 7 poll, tonya, 



radiis longissimis, palea inferiore subglahra . . . 2. A, radiata. 



Suflruticosa, foliis 1—6 lin. latis, panicula 2-3 poll, longa, rhacbi 



^/airr/, />«/e« inferiore /i?re ^/airrt vcl birsutiuscula • . 3. A. racemosa. 

 Vaginae ejimhriatte. Suflruticosa, foliis 10-11 lin. latis, panicula 



2-3 i)oll. longa, rbaclii pubescente, palea inferiore subliirsuta . 4. A. Kurilensis. 

 Panicula composita, ramis multispiculatis dcusis adprcssis, incxpansa. 



Palea inferiore fere glabra o. A. Japonica. 



Folia tessellata, scd venulis transversis minus con.ipicuis, margine membra- 

 naceo. Stylus cito 2-fidua. 



Panicula dceomposita expansa axillis plus minus glandulosis. 



lutcrnodia culmi apice vix hirsuta, foliis angustis, vaginis liirsutis, 



spicula; 2-3-5-flora;, fere glabra; .... . . 6. A. Jl'ig/itiana. 



