4A COLONEL MUNRO'S MOXOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE.^. 



nervos obsolete proniinulos donsc brcvipuljcsceutcs, niiir}j;inc eiliat;e, ore ciliis linealibus pallidis 

 fimbriatie. Spica elongata, spitham;ea ct ultra, basi apbylla aut fbliolo aucta, spiculis sessilibus sub- 

 approxiinatis. Sjjicii/a 4-0 liii. loiiga, ehartacca, glabra, 1— o-flora, in superiore parte ramulorum 

 lougiorum |)ol_vaiitlia, iu rainulis brevioribus oligautlia, flosculis duobus infiinis neutris. Gliima 

 augustaj, acuiiiinatDe. Palea inferior laneeolata, subulato-acuniinata, einerco-obscura, "nervosa; 

 superior brevior, obtusa, supernc eariiiis finibriata. Sluinina .'J, loculis obtusis. Slyti ad basin dis- 

 crete Ovarium infra apieem eonstriftum." — Riijjr. descr. et icon. 



9. A. CAPiLLiFOLiUM, Grisebach in Enum. Plant. Wrightian. Cubcnsium, in Mem. Amev. 



Acad. Scion, and Arts, new sei-ies, vol. viii. 521 (18G2). llaecmo simplici, spiculis 

 valde distantibns, pcdicellatis,yb///* capillucels. 

 Huh. Cuba, " supra arbores et fruticeta scandens," Wright, no. 738 ! v. s. 



" Cai'lis scandens, internodiis gracilibus, vix liucani diametro, lajvibus, ramulos foliatos, dense fasciculatos 

 ^^Igo excedentibus. Fo/ia flcxilia, tcuuissima, capillacea, 3-6 poll, longa, canaliculata, glabra, mar- 

 gine seabriuscula. Vagirxe breves, licves, ciliis albidis flaecidis 1-2 lin. longis ore fimbriatae. Race- 

 mus depauperatus, spiculis 1-4, valde distantibus, ramulis termiualis. Spicula brcviter pedicellata, 

 2-6-flora, flosculis 1-2 infimis neutris deorsum deerescentibus. Palea inferior (flosculi fertilis) 

 lineari-attenuata, apice obtusiuscula, superue nervata, rbachillai articiilis clavatis triplo lougior." 



The extremely narrow capillaceous loaves distinguish this at once from all the other 

 species of the genus. I imagine this to be the plant referred to by Ruprecht at p. 118 

 as a peculiar state of A. Citbense, where he says, " Singularis adjacet pars culmi stcrilis, 

 internodiis 5-poll., hevigatis, ramulis ad nodos densissime compacteque vei-ticillatis, bre- 

 \-issimis (l|-poll.), angustissimis ; A^aginis 2-3 glabris, ore albido pilosis, in folia (relative) 

 longissima (2-pollicaria), angustissima (^ lin.), filiformia, flexuosa productis." 



10. A. FIMBRIATUM, Grisebacli, /. c. 521, racemo 5-7 poll, longo, spiculis inihricails, 

 glabris; foliis 2— i poll, longis, glabris; vaginis ore longissime fimbriatis. 



Hah. In Cuba Orient. : "prope villam Monte Verde in sylvis dcnsis," Wright, no. 155 !• ! v. s. 



Cuhnus 1-3-pcdalis, raraorum internodiis graeilibus, Irenbus. Folia lincari-acuminata, basi subito brevi- 

 petiolata, glabra, 2-4 poll, longa, sub 2 lin. lata, patentia, margiiie glabra. Vagina Iteviuseidae, ore 

 fimbriis pallidis sub 6 clongatis patcntibus inicqualibus (longi.i.iimis 10 lin. longis) fimbriata;. 

 Racemu.i contractus, terminalis, 5-7 poll, longus, spiculis lincaribus, brcvissime pcdiccllatis, inibri- 

 catis. Spicules 3-5-florae, 6-8 lin. longse, glabra;. Gliima parvtB, inferior brevissima. Palea inferior 

 lineari- acuminata, nervosa. 



A low-growing grass, extremely like Garnotia scoparia in habit, easily distinguished 

 at sight by the very remarkable long fringes of the vagina;. 



11. A. RACEMiFLORUM, Stcudol, I. c. 336. llacomo simplici, vix 2 poll, longo, spiculis 

 a])proximatis, sessilibus, piibcicentibiis, foliis angustis, 1-2 poll, longis, subtus plus 

 minus pubescoi I ibns, vaginis fiml)rialis. 



Hab. Mexico, Giesbreght, no. 234, Liebnmnn, 72 ! ; Venezuela?, Colonia Tovar, alt. 6500-7500 ped. s. m., 

 Fendler, 1624 ! v. s. 



Cuhnus gracilis, elegantissimus, caespitosus, 20-30-pedalis, internodiis intcrdum pcdalibus ct ultra, apice 

 hirsutis. Rami ad nodos numerosi, verticillati, ramulis simplicibus vel divisis, glal)ris, tenuibus. 



