38 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE HAMBUSACE/E. 



Squamulce 3, imcqualcs, 1 multo minor, laiiccolatie, apicc loiijje fimbriata;. Stylus basi subbulbosus, 

 primum simplex, dcmum supcrne in stigmata 3 divisus. Ovarium imraaturum longc stipitatum, in 

 stylum attcnuatuni. 



Tn the only specimen I have seen, which was collected, I presume, in Lord ^lacartncy's 

 expedition in 1792, almost all the lower glumes have fallen, and scarcely a single spicula 

 is perfect. 



Dua? seqixentes, tantum steriles cognita?, culmo semitereti et habitu peculiar!, prolia- 

 hilitcr Fhyllostachyos species sunt. 



.3. P. NIGRA, Munro. Culmo sup(>rne nigrcscente, suhsolido, foliis angustis, fere lineari- 

 lanceolatis, vaginis ore appcndiculato-fimbriatis. — ArundoTbor nigra, Rumph, Amb. 

 iv. 17 ? Bambma nigra, Lodd. Cat. (1823) ; Roem. et Sch. I. c. vii. 2. 1355 ; Lindl. in 

 Penny Cyclop, vol. iii. (1835) ; Rupr. I. c. 11-7 ; Steud. I. c. 331. B. imherida, Miq. 

 in Ann. I. c. 285. Anindinaria {Fhyllostuchijs) stolonifera, Kui"z, MS. et Cat. 

 Hort. Bot. Calcut. 79 (1865). A. diversifolia, Kurz, MS./rfe Miq. I.e. 



Hah. China, Japonia ! Siehold, Buerger, Textor; ins. Nii)hon Osakka in oryzetis, Pierot. In liortis 

 Europai, Cliinae et Indiae orientalis culta. v. v. et s. 



Culmus interdum nanus, -^S-pedalis, interdum (eultura) 2.5-pedalis, intemodiis brevibiis, 1-6 poll, longis, 

 subsolidus, semiteres, uno latere fere piano, supernc nigrescens vel nigro maculatus ; nodis prominen- 

 tibus, saepe rugulosis ; ramulis tenuibus sed validis, multinodosis, " apicc conferte (vulgo) paueifoliis," 

 nltimis, basi, bracteis obtusis gradatim elongatis stipatis. Folia lincari-lanceolata, apicc acuminata, 

 basi rotundata vel attenuata, brevitcr petiolata, margine uno vcl utrocjuc sctoso-ciliata, plcrumquc 

 2-3 poll, longa et -1^6 lin. lata, interdum (teste Iluprecht) 4-G poll, louga et 6-10 lin. lata, membra- 

 naeea, supra glabra, subtus parum pallidiora et sa;pe tota supcrficie pubcsccntia, semper basin versus 

 secus nervum medium pilosula, nervis sccundariis 3-5-7, venulis transvcrsis creberrimis. Vagin<B 

 striatse, sursura subdilatata;, supeme margiueque puberula; vcl tandem glabrcsccntcs, membrana eiliata 

 terminatfe, oreque ciliis paucis, sublongis, demum deciduis fimbriatse, ligula ovata, obtusa, bre\'isetosa, 

 plus minus produeta. 



The leaves in this species are much thinner than in any other of the genus ; and 

 although they vary much as to pubescence, the midrib is invariably hairy on the under- 

 side towards the liase, as is the case in Arandmariafalcata. Humph states that he 

 had never seen specimens exceeding 6 feet in height ; and Iluprecht states that it only 

 grows 4-5 feet high, although he assigns to it a diameter of 2 inches. However, there 

 was a very fine specimen in the Crystal Palace, 25 feet high, whicli I have seen and 

 examined ; but unfortunately it was one of the numerous sjilendid plants destroyed in 

 the late disastrous fire. The stems, although slender, are nearly solid, and appear to 

 be generally used for such purposes as require great strength aiid toughness. Chairs, 

 pipe-stems, and walking-sticks are often seen in England made from the culms of this 

 species. Mic^uol, in the ' Annales ' referred to, gives no less than fifteen Japanese 

 names for this plant, and says that it varies very much. I cannot, however, understand 

 his remark, " Hand longe distare videtur Bambiisa stricta Roxb.," unless it has reference 

 to the cvilm being nearly solid. No two plants can be much more unlike in appearance. 



