46 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE HAMBUSACE^E. 



acuminatti ; superior 7-iicrvis, ovato-obtusa et sul)ito lireviter mncronata. Pulea inferior 7-nervis, 

 ovata, subito muerouata, liirsuta, margiiie ciliata j suj)erior concavaj medio (juasi plicata, binervia, 

 nervis ciliatis. Stamina 3, antheris linearibus. Stylus basi filifomiis, cite in stigmata 2 plumosa 

 divisus. Squamula 3, inscquales, postica brevier, ovatae, o})scure S-nervise, ciliatse. Ovarium sessile, 

 oblongum, glabrnni. 

 Gramen alte seandcns, in America australi tropica indigcnum, foliis latis, vaginisquc longissime fim- 

 briatis. Inflorcscciitia paniciila tcrniinalis, laxa, divaricata. 



This genus, consisting of one species, is principally to be distinguished from Arthro- 

 stijUdUtm hy its lax inflorescence. 



A. QuKXO, Goudot, /. c. 75, t. 4. Toliis latis ; vaginis glahris, ore ciliis longis nume- 

 rosis fimbriatis; spiculis longis, paleis inferioribus subhirsutis. — Walp. Ann. i. 947 ; 

 Steud. I. c. 338. 



Hub. New Granada, Carthagena ! in sylvis frigidis, Venezuela, 3000 p. s. m., Fend/er, 249G ! v, s. 



Cuhnvs cylindricus, glaber, striatulus, alte seaiidens, ramis peudulis. Folia plana, late lanccolata, acuta, 

 brevissimc petiolata, 10 poll, longa, 2-3 poU. lata, striata, nervis secundariis utrinque 6-7. Vaginae 

 sulcato-striatfE, superne birsutic, ore ciliis 0-10 lin. longis numerosis fimbriata;. Paniciila fere 

 pcdalis, ramis divaricatis, subquadrangularibus, scabcrrimis, axillis callosis. Spicula sub-10-flora, 

 1.^ poll, longa, rhacbilla; articnlis glabris, flosculo infimo ncutro, palca una obtusa. GItima inferior 

 bredssima hirsuta. Palea inferior (flosculorum fortilium) sui)ernc nervosa et liirsuta (glabra fide 

 Goudot), margine ciliata, apice rotundata ct mucronc apiculata. Stylus fere ad basin divisus. Rc- 

 liqua generis. 

 This is stated to be called " Queco " by the natives, and to flower in February and 



March. There is occasionally a very long linear bract at the base of some of the 



spiculse. 



VI. Meeostachys. 



Sprengel, Syst. Vcg. i. 132; Endlicbcr, (Jen. Plant, no. 907. 



Spicula siirsum deorsumque imperfecta, vix pediecllata, 3-4-flora, cum rudimcnto longe (vcl in M. capitata 

 bre%-i-)pedunculato, floseulis 2 infimis unipalcaccis ucutris (glumis auct.) valde iuajqualibus ct dis- 

 similibus, 1 vcl rarissime (in M. Clausseni et M. speciosa) 2 sequcntibus bipaleaeeis, hermapbroditis. 

 Hse spiculse vel in spica terminali, subfalcata, simplici, unilaterali solitarire terusevc, imbricato- 

 biseriatic vcl in capitulum dcnsum aggrcgata; sunt. Gliaiue fere obsolete. Palea inferior ffloscidi fer- 

 tilis) acuta vel acuminata vcl rostrato-acuminata, multincr\'is, plcrumque adprcsso-birsuta, supcrio- 

 rem, dorso profnnde sulcatam, vix icquans vel sup(!rans. Stamina 3 vcl abortu 2 (Nee.i). Squamuhe 

 3 raembranacc?e, intcgrre, superne ciliata^. Stylus basi intcrduni crassus ct bulbosus, cito bifidus in 

 stigmata 2 superne dense plumosa vel simplicitcr pilosa. Ovarium glabrum, sicpe trigonum. 



Gramina in Brasilia et Peruvia indigcna, arborcscentia vcl alte scaudentia, ramis fiisciculatis, pleniraqne 

 simplicibus, basi saepe braeteatis, c nodis culmi enunpentibus. Folia plcrumque lata, lircviter petio- 

 lata, vcnulis transversis obscuris, inferne tamen prominulis : " in pagina inferiore, fascia occurrit, 

 singularis, quaj in M.Kmithii, ob folia subtus eximie glauca, magis visibilis est" (Rupr.). Vagina 

 ore nudjE vcl fimbriatjE. Infloresccntia tcrminalis, in sect. i. spica simplex unilateralis, in sect. ii. 

 capitulum densum. 

 This genus is quite unique in appearance, and may be considered a Cldorideous form 



of Bambusaceac. The glumes of E-uprecht arc scarcely ever visible ; and Sprengel, Nees, 



