54 COLONEL MUNRO'S MONOGRAPH OF THE BAMBUSACE^. 



Glumje miuuta;, oA/u.?<p. Rliachis pauiculse f/e«*t' /vj/ci«a . . . 27. C. Sellovii. 



Gluma; ««//<?, breves. Khachis ytabra 28. C Gaudichaudii. 



Glumse acuminalo-subuhita, breves, llhachis dense pubescens . . 29. C. cajntuliflora. 



Glumse sctacca;, longa;, s/jiculam (equantes ...... 30. C. cajAiata. 



1. C. TEXELLA, Nees in Linnaca, ix. 192. Raccmo simplici ; spiculis 3-5, coloratis, pedi- 



cellatis ; glumis brevissimis, obtusissimis ; foliis latis, vaginis ore fimbriatia. — Rupr. 

 /. c. 121, tab. vi. fig. 17 ; Steud. /. c. 336. C. {Bemlr.) tenella, Nees, I. c. 



Hab, in Brasilia, Lhotsky, Selloiv ! v. s. 



Culmus gracilis, internodiis longis, " floriferis quandoque foliis, dcmum decidnis, interstinctis." Folia late 

 lanceolata, 4r-5 poll, longa, 12-15 lin. lata, raro angustiora 6-8 liu. lata, ina;quilatera, brevipetio- 

 lata, glauca, subtus scabra. " VagincB glabrae, fusco punctata;, ore raargincquc dense ciliato-fim- 

 biatce, ligula oblir/ua vel oppositifoliu, elongata, excisa." " Racemi basi bracteati, aphylli, e nodis 

 sctuligeris culmi fasciculatim erumpeutes, falcati, penduli, poUicares," spiculis 3-5 pcdiccUatis, 

 rhachi glabra. Spicula oblongo-lanccolatae, obtusiuscuUc, coloratie, 3-4' lin. longae, nervoso-costatEe, 

 glabrae. Glumte brevissbnce, obtusissimie. Flosculi 2 ncutri, acutiusculi, inconspicuc ncrvosi, flos- 

 culo hermaphrodito scabro, fere obtuse, subduplo brcviores. Palea inferior 7-nervis ; superior 4—6- 

 nervis. SquamnlcB 3, longae, ovatae, apice longe fimbriatae, basi venossc, subinaequalcs, tertia 

 angustior. " Stigmata 2, longa, capillaria, semiplumosa. Ovarium laneeolatum, acuminatum." 



The specimens of this which I have seen, from Sollow in herb. Ilookcr. and herb. 

 Bentham., are evidently in an abnormal condition, with small leaves scattered along the 

 internodes, bearing racemes below the leaves, opposite to and above the leaves. The 

 vaginae are not fringed in these specimens. Nees states that tlicre are sometimes two 

 perfect hermaphrodite flowers in the spicula besides the two sterile flowers. 



2. C. siMPLiciFLORA, Munro. (Tal). II.) Racemo simplici, spiculis 3—1; pallidls pedicel- 



latis, glumis brevissimis obtusis, foliis angustis insequilateris, vaginis ore fimbriatis. 



Hab. in Panama isthmo. " In sylvis densis," Sutton Hayes, 661 ! Seemann, 426 ! Triana ! v. s. 



Culmi 50-80- pedales, scandentes, apice filiformes (fig. B), dumcta fere impenetrabilia formantes, inter- 

 nodiis semper gracilibus, intcrdum tcnuissimis, scabris vel lae^dbus, -1—6-7 poll, longis. Ramuli flo- 

 rigeri breves basi subaphylli, superne folia 2-3 brcvissima gercutcs, rarissimc prolifcri circa nodos 

 culmi dense fasciculati, adjectis iuterdum ramulis foliigcris tantum paucis, 8-9 poll, longis (figg. A, B). 

 Folia inajquilatera, apice basique attcnuata, margine serrata, vix petiolata, supra tactu scabra, subtus 

 strigosa et basin versus hirsuta, uervis sceundariis tota lamina 9, majora 22 poll, longa ct 4—5 lin. 

 lata, minora vix lincam lata et 3-5 liu. longa (fig. B, magn. nat.). Vaffince striatae, inter strias hir- 

 sutae vel hirsutissimae, dcmum glabrescentcs, ore marginequc longe setoso-fimbriatae, ligula brevi. 

 Racemus brevis, vix pollicaris, simplex, spiculis pedicellatis subpatulis 3-^, rhachi glabra. Spicula 

 pallida, acuta, 3^' lin. longa, inconspicuc nervosa, glabra, glumis 2 brevissimis obtusis, iuterdum 

 hirtis (fig. 1). Flosculi 2 ncutri acutiusculi, hyalini, hermaphrodito glabro '— i breviorcs. Palea 

 inferior acuta, hyalina, inconspicuc nervosa, supcriorem aeutam basi 4-nci'vcm (nervis 2 ante apicem 

 cvanidis) subfcquans (figg. 1, 2). Stamina 3, antherarum loculis apicidatis (figg. 2, 3). Squamula 3, 

 tcuerae, longe fimbriatie, ncrvosae (figg. 3, 4). Stylus basi simplex, superne divisus in stigmata 2 

 interne plumosa (fig. 4). Caryopsis matura, teres, lineari-oblonga, apice subattcnuata, fusca. 



In description, this approaches very closely in many respects to C. tenella, but it is 

 extremely different in appearance, and may 1)(' easily distinguished by its pale-coloured 



